Microplastics Are Affecting Melt Rates Of Snow And Ice – State of the Planet
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Microplastics found for first time in freshly fallen snow in Antarctica. Know what it means here
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Fate of microplastics under the influence of climate change - ScienceDirect
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Microplastics: Startling quantities found in the ice algae that are essential for all Arctic marine life
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Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic
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How Microplastics in the Ocean Will Affect Marine Life - The New York Times
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Arctic warming 4 times faster than rest of planet: Climate study, Climate News
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Tracking Arctic climate change is difficult now due to war in Ukraine •
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Current status and future perspectives of microplastic pollution in typical cryospheric regions - ScienceDirect
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Microplastics found in freshly fallen Antarctic snow for first time, Antarctica