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(Research): Microplastics in the Arctic Benthic Fauna: A Case Study of the Snow Crab in the Pechora Sea, Russia
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Researchers investigated microplastic contamination in Arctic snow crabs from Russia's Pechora Sea, finding that microplastics are bioavailable to benthic marine fauna in remote polar environments, contributing to growing evidence that plastic pollution threatens ocean biodiversity under the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14.
Microplastics have been declared a threat to ocean health and status under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 Target 14.1. Microplastics are bioavailable for a wide range of marine organisms and may cause adverse physiological and biochemical...
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