The image of Antarctica as an immaculate sanctuary and alien to the human footprint has just suffered a hard scientific setback. A team of researchers from the University of Cadiz (UCA) has documented, for the first time, the presence of microplastics on ten beaches on Deception Island. The finding confirms that not even the most remote and protected ecosystems of the planet manage to escape the global crisis of plastic pollution. The study, rec…
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The image of Antarctica as an immaculate sanctuary and alien to the human footprint has just suffered a hard scientific setback. A team of researchers from the University of Cadiz (UCA) has documented, for the first time, the presence of microplastics on ten beaches on Deception Island. The finding confirms that not even the most remote and protected ecosystems of the planet manage to escape the global crisis of plastic pollution. The study, rec…