A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier
Plastics have been found in several compartments in Antarctica. However, there is currently no evidence of their presence on Antarctic glaciers. Our pilot study investigated plastic occurrence on two ice surfaces (one area around Uruguay Lake and another one around Ionosferico Lake) that constitute...
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ftnonlinearchiv:oai:noa.gwlb.de:cop_mods_00056813 2023-05-15T13:37:33+02:00 A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier González-Pleiter, Miguel Lacerot, Gissell Edo, Carlos Pablo Lozoya, Juan Leganés, Francisco Fernández-Piñas, Francisca Rosal, Roberto Teixeira-de-Mello, Franco 2021-06 electronic https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2531-2021 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00056813 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00056463/tc-15-2531-2021.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/2531/2021/tc-15-2531-2021.pdf eng eng Copernicus Publications The Cryosphere -- ˜Theœ Cryosphere -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2393169 -- http://www.the-cryosphere.net/ -- 1994-0424 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2531-2021 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00056813 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00056463/tc-15-2531-2021.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/2531/2021/tc-15-2531-2021.pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ uneingeschränkt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY article Verlagsveröffentlichung article Text doc-type:article 2021 ftnonlinearchiv https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2531-2021 2022-02-08T22:33:55Z Plastics have been found in several compartments in Antarctica. However, there is currently no evidence of their presence on Antarctic glaciers. Our pilot study investigated plastic occurrence on two ice surfaces (one area around Uruguay Lake and another one around Ionosferico Lake) that constitute part of the ablation zone of Collins Glacier (King George Island, Antarctica). Our results showed that expanded polystyrene (EPS) was ubiquitous, ranging from 0.17 to 0.33 items m−2, whereas polyester was found only on the ice surface around Uruguay Lake (0.25 items m−2). Furthermore, we evaluated the daily changes in the presence of plastics in these areas in the absence of rainfall to clarify the role of the wind in their transport. We registered an atmospheric dry deposition rate between 0.08 items m−2 d−1 on the ice surface around Uruguay Lake and 0.17 items m−2 d−1 on the ice surface around Ionosferico Lake. Our pilot study is the first report of plastic pollution presence on an Antarctic glacier, possibly originated from local current and past activities and likely deposited by wind transport. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Collins Glacier King George Island The Cryosphere Niedersächsisches Online-Archiv NOA Antarctic Collins Glacier ENVELOPE(65.308,65.308,-73.829,-73.829) King George Island Uruguay The Cryosphere 15 6 2531 2539 |
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article Verlagsveröffentlichung González-Pleiter, Miguel Lacerot, Gissell Edo, Carlos Pablo Lozoya, Juan Leganés, Francisco Fernández-Piñas, Francisca Rosal, Roberto Teixeira-de-Mello, Franco A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier |
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Plastics have been found in several compartments in Antarctica. However, there is currently no evidence of their presence on Antarctic glaciers. Our pilot study investigated plastic occurrence on two ice surfaces (one area around Uruguay Lake and another one around Ionosferico Lake) that constitute part of the ablation zone of Collins Glacier (King George Island, Antarctica). Our results showed that expanded polystyrene (EPS) was ubiquitous, ranging from 0.17 to 0.33 items m−2, whereas polyester was found only on the ice surface around Uruguay Lake (0.25 items m−2). Furthermore, we evaluated the daily changes in the presence of plastics in these areas in the absence of rainfall to clarify the role of the wind in their transport. We registered an atmospheric dry deposition rate between 0.08 items m−2 d−1 on the ice surface around Uruguay Lake and 0.17 items m−2 d−1 on the ice surface around Ionosferico Lake. Our pilot study is the first report of plastic pollution presence on an Antarctic glacier, possibly originated from local current and past activities and likely deposited by wind transport. |
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González-Pleiter, Miguel Lacerot, Gissell Edo, Carlos Pablo Lozoya, Juan Leganés, Francisco Fernández-Piñas, Francisca Rosal, Roberto Teixeira-de-Mello, Franco |
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González-Pleiter, Miguel Lacerot, Gissell Edo, Carlos Pablo Lozoya, Juan Leganés, Francisco Fernández-Piñas, Francisca Rosal, Roberto Teixeira-de-Mello, Franco |
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A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier |
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A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier |
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A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier |
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A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier |
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A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier |
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pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an antarctic glacier |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Collins Glacier King George Island The Cryosphere |
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