We also analyzed the plastic fragments’ surfaces to determine their molecular structure, since ice nucleation could depend on the microplastics’ surface chemistry.

Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in ice cores drilled in the Arctic by a U.S.-led team of scientists, underscoring the threat the growing form of pollution poses to marine life in even the ...

Other investigations have focused on the kinetics of atmospheric ice nucleation, providing advanced parameterisations that integrate classical and non‐classical nucleation pathways, thereby ...

We also analyzed the plastic fragments’ surfaces to determine their molecular structure, since ice nucleation could depend on the microplastics’ surface chemistry. For most of the plastics we studied, ...

Sea ice from the remote Arctic Ocean may look clear and pristine, but up to 12,000 tiny pieces of plastic may be embedded in a single chunk small enough to sit on your hand, researchers have found.

Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in ice cores drilled in the Arctic by a U.S. led team of scientists, underscoring the threat the growing form of pollution now poses to marine life in even ...

The algae, melosira arctica, grows under Arctic sea ice. The dead algae can also clump and travel quickly to the sea bottom, transporting the plastic pollutants with it, the paper’s researchers say.

The detailed analysis of plastic composition showed that a variety of different plastics are found in the Arctic, including polyethylene, polyester, polypropylene, nylon, acrylic and many more. In ...