Microplastics show up in Antarctic snow

Updated June 8 2022 - 1:01pm, first published 12:58pm
Snow samples from 19 sites across the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica all revealed microplastics.
Snow samples from 19 sites across the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica all revealed microplastics.

Global pollution has reached as far as the Antarctic, research suggests, with microplastics discovered for the first time in the region's snow.

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