PLASTIC IN THE ARCTIC – IT'S IN THE AIR AND SOIL TOO!

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PLASTIC IN THE ARCTIC – IT'S IN THE AIR AND SOIL TOO!

Plastic pollution appears to be everywhere in the media these days. And it is so for very important reasons. Research is showing more consequences of plastic pollution than we ever imagined. Especially, a multitude of effects from nanoplastic have not been on our radar until fairly recently. What you may not yet know, despite all this attention, is that plastic is also increasingly found in air and in soil. In this lecture, I will talk about the different consequences of plastic in oceans, freshwater, soil and air.

Relevant Polarpedia terms for this webinar: bioaccumulation, food chain, food web, zooplankton, phytoplankton