You can’t see it in the ocean or sea ice, but microplastics are found everywhere in the Arctic. Photo: Julia Hager Since the start of plastic production in the 1950s, environmental input of plastic is so massive that is found in every habitat on earth: in the...
The dark deposits on the Greenland ice sheet are fine sediments on the one hand and signs of our modern way of life on the other. Among other things, micro- and nanoplastic particles, including tire wear and fibers from clothing, are transported by wind and water to...
Except for the western area, the Weddell Sea is almost free of ship traffic, as only strong icebreakers can make their way through the frozen surface. Nevertheless, the research team also found plastic here that could originate from ships and fisheries. Picture:...
Longyearbyen is the largest town on Spitsbergen and has a modern infrastructure. However, there is no sewage treatment plant in the municipality. The infrastructure of cities and communities in the Arctic is often not comparable to that in temperate and industrialized...
There is practically no place on our planet where plastic can not be found in the ground, in water, in ice, in snow, in the air. This packaging of a popular candy was transported by wind and waves to a lonely fjord in East Greenland. Photo: Julia Hager Current rates...