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Polar ice contaminated with nanoplastics

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-01-20

Decades-old polar ice contains significant amounts of nanoscale plastic particles. Studying ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, an international team of scientists have identified several types of nanoplastic particles, including particles that originate from tires.

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https://phys.org/news/2022-01-polar-ice-contaminated-nanoplastics.html