How Are Microplastics Transported to Polar Regions?
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo134237
Subject(s) - microplastics , polar , environmental science , oceanography , geology , physics , astronomy
New modeling indicates that global subsurface ocean currents distribute submerged microplastics along very different routes than those traveled by floating plastic debris.
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