Density, Distribution, and Chemical Composition of Microplastics in Qinghai Lake

Daye He; Xufeng Mao; Haipeng Gao; Ke Chen; Shanlei Bao; Huanhuan Zhang; X W Dou

doi:10.1007/978-981-99-1919-2_30

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Density, Distribution, and Chemical Composition of Microplastics in Qinghai Lake

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Daye He, Xufeng Mao, Haipeng Gao, Ke Chen, Shanlei Bao, Huanhuan Zhang, X W Dou

Summary

Researchers measured the density, distribution, and chemical makeup of microplastics in Qinghai Lake, a remote high-altitude lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Even in this fragile, isolated ecosystem, microplastics were found throughout the water and sediment, suggesting no environment on Earth is truly protected from plastic contamination.

Microplastics are considered emerging pollutants. Their potential risks to the fragile ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau should not be ignored. In order to determine the types, distribution, and morphological characteristics of microplastics in the water and...

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