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http:\/\/oceana.org\/en\/blog\/2014\/05\/arctic-ice-melt-could-unlock-trillions-of-frozen-microplastics<\/a>\n\nArctic Ice Melt Could Unlock Trillions of Frozen Microplastics\n\nPosted Fri, May 30, 2014 by Brianna Elliott\n\nOut of the nearly 300 million tons of plastic created in 2012, nearly 10\npercent of it ended up in oceans, according to Phys.org. That trash has\nto go somewhere ? washing onto coastlines and estuaries, or floating in\nthe vast ocean. You may have heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch,\nan area within the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre where an enormous\namount of trash circulates. Now, however, it looks like the Great\nPacific Garbage Patch has an unassuming competitor in trapping marine\ndebris: the Arctic.\n\nA recently published study in Earth?s Future found that a significant\namount of microplastics, sub-millimeter broken down pieces of plastic,\nsit frozen in Arctic sea ice ? enough to designate the Arctic as a major\nglobal sink for these tiny plastic particles. If melting trends continue\nat their current rate, explain the authors, the sea ice could unlock\nover one trillion pieces of microplastics over the next decade alone.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/oceana.org\/en\/blog\/2014\/05\/arctic-ice-melt-could-unlock-trillions-of-frozen-microplastics Arctic Ice Melt Could Unlock Trillions of Frozen Microplastics Posted Fri, May 30, 2014 by Brianna Elliott Out of the nearly 300 million tons of plastic created in 2012, nearly 10 percent of it ended up in oceans, according to Phys.org. That trash has to go somewhere ? washing onto coastlines and estuaries, or floating in the vast ocean. You may have heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area within the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre where an enormous amount of trash circulates. Now, however, it looks like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has an unassuming competitor in trapping marine debris: the Arctic. A recently published study in Earth?s Future found that a significant amount of microplastics, sub-millimeter broken down pieces of plastic, sit frozen in Arctic sea ice ? enough to designate the Arctic as a major global sink for these tiny plastic particles. If melting trends continue at their current rate, explain the authors, the sea ice could unlock over one trillion pieces of microplastics over the next decade alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3443,3488],"tags":[1445],"yoast_head":"\nArctic Ice Melt Could Unlock Trillions of Frozen Microplastics - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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