MICROPLASTICS in Antarctic leaves 'nowhere left untouched' - The Ocean News Podcast

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Scientists conducting routine studies at Union Glacier and Schanz Glacier as well as the South Pole have now confirmed that microplastics down to the size of 11 micrometres - about the size of a red blood cell - have been found in the snow of Antarctica.

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