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http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/quirks\/2014\/05\/31\/2014-05-31-1\/<\/a>\n\nMicroplastics on Ice\n\nSaturday, May 31, 2014\n\nSignificant amounts of tiny fragments of plastic have been discovered in\nArctic ice.\n\nResearchers have discovered that Arctic sea ice is contaminated with\ntiny fragments of plastic. Tiny fragments of plastic from run-off,\ndumped garbage and fishing gear - known as microplastic - has been found\nin many of the world's oceans and coastlines, and there is concern that\nit may be having impact on sea life. Dr. Rachel Obbard, an assistant\nprofessor in the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in\nNew Hampshire, was studying sea-ice cores when she was surprised to find\na high concentration of plastic in the ice. Sea ice naturally takes up\nparticles from the water as it forms, and Dr. Obbard thinks that the sea\nice is acting as a sponge, collecting plastic that enters the Arctic\nOcean from the Atlantic and Pacific. As multi-year sea-ice disappears,\nthis reservoir of frozen plastic is likely to be released back into the\nArctic Ocean.\n\nhttp:\/\/cbc.ca\/quirks\/media\/2013-2014\/qq-2014-05-31_01.mp3<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/quirks\/2014\/05\/31\/2014-05-31-1\/ Microplastics on Ice Saturday, May 31, 2014 Significant amounts of tiny fragments of plastic have been discovered in Arctic ice. Researchers have discovered that Arctic sea ice is contaminated with tiny fragments of plastic. Tiny fragments of plastic from run-off, dumped garbage and fishing gear – known as microplastic – has been found in many of the world’s oceans and coastlines, and there is concern that it may be having impact on sea life. Dr. Rachel Obbard, an assistant professor in the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, was studying sea-ice cores when she was surprised to find a high concentration of plastic in the ice. Sea ice naturally takes up particles from the water as it forms, and Dr. Obbard thinks that the sea ice is acting as a sponge, collecting plastic that enters the Arctic Ocean from the Atlantic and Pacific. As multi-year sea-ice disappears, this reservoir of frozen plastic is likely to be released back into the Arctic Ocean. http:\/\/cbc.ca\/quirks\/media\/2013-2014\/qq-2014-05-31_01.mp3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3443,3423],"tags":[1445],"yoast_head":"\nSignificant amounts of tiny fragments of plastic have been discovered in Arctic ice - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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