5 апр. 2022 г. · Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human activity, such as the deep seafloor.

Plastic debris is found on Arctic beaches, in the water column, in sea ice, sediments and even in the bodies of Arctic birds and mammals.

Plastic in the ocean is an increasing global problem. Plastic debris harms marine flora and fauna, and degrades coastal areas and ecosystems in general.

Plastics account for 72% of all marine litter in the world ocean. The remaining percentage includes paper, wood, textiles, metal, glass, ceramics, rubber and ...

Plastic pollution is putting added stress on Arctic marine ecosystems, and it is time for the world to take concrete steps to stop it.

Generally speaking, the plastic waste present in the Arctic has two types of sources. One is from local sources, waste from plastic that was consumed locally ...

Most of the hundreds of tons of plastic found in Arctic waters appears in the form of aged fragments about the size of a grain of rice. A total of 300 billion ...

17 июн. 2024 г. · IPEN recently reported that the Arctic contains more plastics than any other ocean basin. “The Arctic is effectively an oceanic gyre and a ...

“Carried by the currents, waves, and wind, plastic pollution is found on Arctic beaches, in the water column, in the sea ice, in the sediments, in Arctic birds ...

Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human activity, such as the deep seafloor. In this Review, we describe the ...