Polarquest 2018 Expedition: Plastic Debris at 82°07’ North

Stefano Aliani; Gianluca Casagrande; Paola Catapano; Valeria Catapano

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38945-1_5

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Polarquest 2018 Expedition: Plastic Debris at 82°07’ North

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Stefano Aliani, Gianluca Casagrande, Paola Catapano, Valeria Catapano

Summary

Researchers documented plastic debris collected during the Polarquest 2018 expedition around Svalbard at 82° North, demonstrating that microplastic contamination has reached one of Earth's most remote polar environments, with Arctic currents and atmospheric deposition identified as likely transport mechanisms for particles originating thousands of kilometers away.

Many human perturbations have the potential of destabilizing the present functioning of the environment and marine plastic is one of them. Plastic debris was found everywhere on Earth, including polar waters. The Polarquest 2018 expedition around Svalbard (July and...

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