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Sierra Nevada Snowstorms Are Dropping Microplastics on Remote Peaks
Original: Snowstorms Dropping #Microplastics on Remote Parts of the Sierra Nevadas https://e360.yale.edu/digest/sierra-nevada-snow
Researchers report that snowstorms are depositing microplastics on remote, high-altitude areas of California's Sierra Nevada mountains. The most common plastics identified in the snowpack were polyethylene and polypropylene, widely used in packaging, along with polyester fibers. The finding shows plastic pollution is now reaching even isolated mountain regions, likely carried long distances through the atmosphere before falling with precipitation.
Why now: The discovery that plastic pollution is contaminating even remote mountain snow highlights how widespread airborne microplastics have become.
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Evidence
- Snowstorms Dropping #Microplastics on Remote Parts of the Sierra Nevadas https://e360.yale.edu/digest/sierra-nevada-snowfall-microplastics The most common types of plastic found in the snow were #polyethylene and #polypropylene , which are used in packaging, and #polyester ,… · dromografos@social.dromografos.report · 3
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