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Microplastics found in Antarctica for the first time

13:24 pm on 8 June 2022

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A New Zealand led study has found that there are microplastics in Antarctica, found for the first time during a survey.

Research fellow in Antarctic ice core climatology at Victoria University of Wellington Dr Holly Winton talks to Jesse about the implications of the pollution reaching the ice-continent.

Sampling on Mount Erebus, Antarctica Photo: Supplied