For the first time, microplastics have been discovered in Antarctica. The pollution could impact organisms, ecosystems, and even the local climate.
And the samples taken near scientific field stations contained three times the number of particles as samples from the remote locations.Researchers know that microplastics are just about everywhere on Earth, including inside living things. What's less clear is how microplastics affect the environments and organisms they pollute.
exposure to microplastics can lead to limited growth, negative effects on reproduction and impaired biological functions." The tiny pieces can affect ecosystems by giving nonnative species — including bacteria, algae, and invertebrates — easy opportunities to disperse in air currents or through the water.The potential impacts of microplastic pollution aren't limited to living systems.
Revell says that, in retrospect, she isn't surprised by these results."From the studies published in the last few years we've learned that everywhere we look for airborne microplastics, we find them," she says.
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