THE TIMES: Plastic pollution spreads to ‘pristine’ Antarctica

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Period8 Jun 2022

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  • TitlePlastic pollution spreads to ‘pristine’ Antarctica
    Media name/outletThe Times
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date8/06/22
    DescriptionJamie Woodward, professor of physical geography at the University of Manchester, said: “Microplastics have been found on all continents and in some of the most remote parts of our world, so finding microplastics in Antarctic snow is not a surprise. I am only surprised when studies don’t find microplastics.

    “Levels of contamination in these distant ecosystems will increase given the predicted increases in plastic waste over the coming decades. All of this underscores that plastic pollution is a global problem and human activity threatens even those parts of the world that were once considered pristine.”
    URLhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/plastic-pollution-spreads-to-pristine-antarctica-q0kqrhk99
    PersonsJamie Woodward
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Keywords

  • microplastics
  • Antarctica