Effects of Microplastics in the Cryosphere

Ásta Margrét Ásmundsdóttir; Bettina Schulz

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-10618-8_47-1

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Effects of Microplastics in the Cryosphere

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Ásta Margrét Ásmundsdóttir, Bettina Schulz

Summary

Microplastics have been found at notable concentrations in cryosphere environments including sea ice and polar snowpack, with glacial melt acting as a release mechanism that delivers stored plastics into freshwater and marine systems. The interaction between climate-driven ice loss and accumulated microplastic deposits represents a compounding environmental risk as warming accelerates.

Microplastics have been found in most parts of the world including the cryosphere, the part of the Earth’s surface characterized by frozen water. Surprisingly, high concentration of microplastics has been observed in some cryosphere areas. Shrinking of the...

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