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#Research; #microplastics; #caveWater; #sediment In two recent papers, Saint Louis University researchers report finding high concentrations of microplastics present in a Missouri cave system that had been closed to human …

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Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics, reports new research

April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 - by cmedia

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 …

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Researchers find high concentrations of microplastics in cave water and sediment

Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics, reports new research