Dr. Clara Manno, an ocean ecologist at British Antarctic Survey, adds, "We think this means that there are local sources of plastic pollution, at least when it comes to polyamide. This could come ...

An example of an Antarctic field camp. Credit: BAS Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica’s deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching plastic pollution ...

Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers reveals. Antarctic krill (Euphausia ...

"Pollution in the Antarctic Ocean goes far beyond what was reported in past studies," Leistenschneider notes. The study is published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. The individual ...