Microplastics in glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for the long-range transport of microplastics

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 758; p. 143634
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yulan, Gao, Tanguang, Kang, Shichang, Allen, Steve, Luo, Xi, Allen, Deonie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2021
• Subjects: air pollution; Arctic region; Atmospheric transport; carbon; Central Asia; China; environment; Glacier; glaciers; humans; mercury; Microplastics; Remote area; snow; South Asia; Tibetan Plateau; Central Asia; Arctic region; China; South Asia; Tibetan Plateau; Microplastics; Remote area; Glacier; Atmospheric transport

Microplastics are globally prevalent on a large scale in various marine and terrestrial environments, including Arctic snow and precipitation in protected areas of the United Sates. However, reports of microplastics from glaciers are rare, especially for the Tibetan Plateau (TP), which is widely kno...