Above the Arctic Circle at climate change's Ground Zero

Follow on Apple, Google or Spotify. Listen on the Reuters app. Read the episode transcript.

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day.

Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

Reuters /  🏆 2. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Circle Women Doc Accelerator Reveals Cannes Docs Projects (EXCLUSIVE)Circle Women Doc Accelerator, an exclusive training program for female-identifying documentary filmmakers, has selected the projects that will take part in its showcase as part of the Cannes Docs p…
Read more »

IVE Tops 4 Circle Weekly Charts With “I’ve IVE”IVE Tops 4 Circle Weekly Charts With 'I've IVE'
Read more »

Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics, reports new researchThe alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ten times as many microplastic particles as the surrounding seawater. This concentration at the base of the food web poses a threat to creatures that feed on the algae at the sea surface. Clumps of dead algae also transport the plastic with its pollutants particularly quickly into the deep sea—and can thus explain the high microplastic concentrations in the sediment there. Researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute have now reported this in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
Read more »

Contamination Crisis: Arctic Ice Algae Heavily Contaminated With MicroplasticsMelosira arctica has ten times higher concentration of plastic particles than surrounding seawater. The alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ten times as many microplastic particles as the surrounding seawater. This concentration at the base of the food web poses a th
Read more »

A Critical Arctic Organism Is Now Infested With MicroplasticsMelosira arctica forms the foundation of the Arctic Ocean food chain. The infestation of this algal ecosystem with microplastics is likely to have a major impact on the way the ocean pulls carbon from the atmosphere. 📷: Alfred Wegener Institute
Read more »