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Microplastics pollution in the Pantanal

Research outreach 2020

Summary

Researchers documented the presence of microplastics in the Pantanal, one of the world's largest tropical wetlands in South America, suggesting that plastic pollution has reached even this remote and ecologically vital freshwater ecosystem.

Dr Pierre Girard’s work examines the prevalence of microplastics in the unique Pantanal swampland of South America.

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