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Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters
Environmental Research Letters2022
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Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Mike Peacock,
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Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Mike Peacock,
Mike Peacock,
Martyn N. Futter,
Thomas Röckmann,
Rupert Holzinger,
Thomas Röckmann,
Mike Peacock,
Martyn N. Futter,
Mike Peacock,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Joshua Dean,
Joshua Dean,
Joshua Dean,
Martyn N. Futter,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Thomas Röckmann,
Thomas Röckmann,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Trofim C. Maximov,
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Thomas Röckmann,
Thomas Röckmann,
Trofim C. Maximov,
Trofim C. Maximov,
Trofim C. Maximov,
Filip Moldan,
Rupert Holzinger,
Filip Moldan,
Mike Peacock,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Filip Moldan,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Thomas Röckmann,
Thomas Röckmann,
Thomas Röckmann,
Thomas Röckmann,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Thomas Röckmann,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Martyn N. Futter,
Martyn N. Futter,
Rupert Holzinger,
Martyn N. Futter,
Thomas Röckmann,
Dušan Materić
Summary
Researchers detected nanoplastics in surface waters at two contrasting sites—remote Siberian Arctic tundra and Swedish forests—confirming that nanoplastic contamination extends to rural and remote freshwater environments far from urban pollution sources.
Abstract It is now established that microplastics are a pervasive presence in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The same is assumed to be true for nanoplastics but data are lacking due to technical difficulties associated with sample analysis. Here, we measured nanoplastics in waterbodies at two contrasting sites: remote Siberian Arctic tundra and a forest landscape in southern Sweden. Nanoplastics were detected in all sampled Swedish lakes ( n = 7) and streams ( n = 4) (mean concentration = 563 µ g l −1 ) and four polymer types were identified (polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate). In Siberia nanoplastics were detected in 7/12 sampled lakes, ponds and surface flooding, but only two polymer types were detected (PVC and polystyrene) and concentrations were lower (mean 51 µ g l −1 ). Based on back-calculation of air mass trajectories and particle dispersion, we infer that nanoplastics arrive at both sites by aerial deposition from local and regional sources. Our results suggest that nanoplastics may be a near-ubiquitous presence even in remote ecosystems.