“Substantial” amounts of plastic fragments and ... particles per 34 ounces of melted ice, according to Bergmann. And other researchers found that Arctic surface waters had the highest ...

The alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ... The detailed analysis of plastic composition showed that a variety of different plastics are found in the Arctic ...

Peeken, who studies the effects of environmental change on organisms living in Arctic sea ice, has found 17 different types of plastic in the ice—with packaging, bits of bottle caps, paints ...

and entire patches of plastic and other garbage can be found in the ocean. And these algae under the Arctic ice aren’t the only thing being infected with microplastics. Researchers also found ...

Photos A and B show Arctic ... world of under-ice scum, something else is abundant: microplastics. Researchers have documented alarmingly high concentrations of teeny tiny plastic particles ...

The Arctic is a place of raw beauty—but it’s not untouched. Between massive whale remains and creeping pollution, this ...

April 21 (UPI) --Algae that grow under sea ice in the Arctic have been found to be "heavily contaminated ... that reducing the production of more plastic is the most effective way to reduce ...

Microplastics have been found in some of the most remote and pristine parts of the world, from high atop French mountains to the deep ocean and the creatures that inhabit the marine environment. Now, ...

“The mass production of plastic at an 8.4 percent annual ... Bergmann has also found that Arctic sea ice itself is loaded with 4.5 million microplastics per cubic meter. When it melts, the ...

releasing past plastic pollution. Her team at the University of Plymouth studied waste distribution in the Arctic region’s water column and “found the greatest concentrations of microplastics nearest ...