Microplastic pollution in the rivers of the Tibet Plateau

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 249; pp. 91 - 98
• Main Authors: Jiang, Changbo, Yin, Lingshi, Li, Zhiwei, Wen, Xiaofeng, Luo, Xin, Hu, Shuping, Yang, Hanyuan, Long, Yuannan, Deng, Bin, Huang, Lingzhi, Liu, Yizhuang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2019
• Subjects: chemical composition; China; Microplastics; pollution; polyamides; polyethylene; polyethylene terephthalates; polypropylenes; polystyrenes; Raman spectroscopy; rivers; Sediment; sediments; stainless steel; Surface water; The Tibet plateau; China; Microplastics; The Tibet plateau; Sediment; Surface water

The Tibet Plateau, the so-called Third Pole of the world, is home to the headstreams of many great rivers. The levels of microplastic pollution in those rivers, however, are unknown. In this study, surface water and sediment samples were collected from six sampling sites along five different rivers....