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5 Microplastics in Arctic Sea Ice: A Petromodern Archive Fever

Edinburgh University Press eBooks 2023
Chantelle Mitchell, Jaxon Waterhouse

Summary

"This chapter explores how microplastics preserved in Arctic sea ice serve as a stratigraphic archive of the Petromodern era, embedding a synthetic chemical record into the planet's polar geology. The Arctic's role as a microplastic sink is significant because it signals that contamination has reached the most remote regions on Earth, with potential long-term consequences for polar ecosystems and the global water cycle."

5 Microplastics in Arctic Sea Ice: A Petromodern Archive Fever was published in Plastics, Environment, Culture and the Politics of Waste on page 105.

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