The Arctic Is Drowning in Plastic

Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial. Many people picture the Arctic as a pristine icy wilderness. But when it comes to microplastics, it's one of the most polluted places on Eart Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00279-8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4597356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10328408/ https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b06981 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X20309413?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452223620301395 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544219315464 https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/7/4/32 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004896972032283X https://www.nynjbaykeeper.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/NYNJBaykeeper-Plastics-Report-February-2016-2.pdf https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2014EF000240 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03825-5 https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aba9475 Image Sources https://www.gettyimages.com https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61948-6 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Icecore_4.jpg#/media/File:Icecore_4.jpg https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00279-8/figures/1