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Arctic ice carries heavy freight of plastic

Nature 2018

Summary

Researchers found that Arctic sea ice contains high concentrations of microplastic particles, many of which originated thousands of kilometers away and were transported north by ocean currents. This reveals that polar ice acts as a temporary sink for global plastic pollution, with particles likely released back into the ocean as ice melts due to climate change.

Many of the microplastic particles in northern sea ice originated thousands of kilometres to the south. Many of the microplastic particles in northern sea ice originated thousands of kilometres to the south.

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