Plastic rain in America's western national parks and wilderness areas

New research has found that America's western national parks and wilderness areas receive more than 1000 tons of plastic rain every year.

The tiny airborne microplastics, smaller than sesame seeds, can find their way into dirt, water or be swept up by air currents and carried far from their point of origin.

Posted on 17 de junho de 2020, 07:18 AM by