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Impact of Microplastics on Microbial Communities in Polar Environments
Summary
This review examined plastic pollution in polar Arctic and Antarctic environments, documenting microplastic contamination in some of Earth's most remote and climatically sensitive ecosystems. Because polar regions act as both sinks for globally transported microplastics and amplifiers of climate-related degradation, contamination there signals systemic environmental spread with implications for polar food webs and the organisms—including humans—that depend on them.
Plastic pollution has been detected in several ecosystems and has reached remote areas in the Arctic and Antarctic environments. These regions are unique ecosystems and have been reported as the most susceptible habitats due to climatic changes and pollution events,...