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http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2014-05-30\/how-so-much-plastic-got-into-the-frozen-arctic-sea<\/a>\n\nHow So Much Plastic Got Into the Frozen Arctic Sea\n\nBy Caroline Winter May 30, 2014\n\nThe Arctic Ocean is considered one of the world?s ?last pristine\necosystems.? That?s why Rachel Obbard, a Dartmouth University professor\nwho studies polar ice and materials science, was shocked to find that\nArctic sea ice contains large quantities of plastic and synthetic\nparticles. ?I used to think of Arctic sea ice as unaffected by man-made\npollutants,? she says. ?It?s not the case.?\n\nIn a study published in the open-access journal Earth?s Future, Obbard\nand her colleagues write that more than a trillion bits of plastic may\nbe released into the ocean over the next 10 years as global warming\nspeeds the melting of Arctic ice. Obbard stumbled upon the microplastics\nwhile examining four enormous samples of so-called ?sea ice,? which\ngenerally forms during the winter and largely melts away during the\nsummer. Most sea ice has been frozen from two to five years and measures\nroughly one to five meters from surface to sea level. The samples, each\nabout 1 meter thick (3.2 feet), had been collected from locations\nroughly 1,000 kilometers apart during Arctic expeditions in 2005 and 2010.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2014-05-30\/how-so-much-plastic-got-into-the-frozen-arctic-sea How So Much Plastic Got Into the Frozen Arctic Sea By Caroline Winter May 30, 2014 The Arctic Ocean is considered one of the world?s ?last pristine ecosystems.? That?s why Rachel Obbard, a Dartmouth University professor who studies polar ice and materials science, was shocked to find that Arctic sea ice contains large quantities of plastic and synthetic particles. ?I used to think of Arctic sea ice as unaffected by man-made pollutants,? she says. ?It?s not the case.? In a study published in the open-access journal Earth?s Future, Obbard and her colleagues write that more than a trillion bits of plastic may be released into the ocean over the next 10 years as global warming speeds the melting of Arctic ice. Obbard stumbled upon the microplastics while examining four enormous samples of so-called ?sea ice,? which generally forms during the winter and largely melts away during the summer. Most sea ice has been frozen from two to five years and measures roughly one to five meters from surface to sea level. The samples, each about 1 meter thick (3.2 feet), had been collected from locations roughly 1,000 kilometers apart during Arctic expeditions in 2005 and 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3488],"tags":[1445],"yoast_head":"\nHow So Much Plastic Got Into the Frozen Arctic Sea - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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That?s why Rachel Obbard, a Dartmouth University professor who studies polar ice and materials science, was shocked to find that Arctic sea ice contains large quantities of plastic and synthetic particles. ?I used to think of Arctic sea ice as unaffected by man-made pollutants,? she says. ?It?s not the case.? In a study published in the open-access journal Earth?s Future, Obbard and her colleagues write that more than a trillion bits of plastic may be released into the ocean over the next 10 years as global warming speeds the melting of Arctic ice. Obbard stumbled upon the microplastics while examining four enormous samples of so-called ?sea ice,? which generally forms during the winter and largely melts away during the summer. Most sea ice has been frozen from two to five years and measures roughly one to five meters from surface to sea level. 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