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Even Antarctica Isn’t Safe: Microplastics Found Inside the Continent’s Only Insect
Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has discovered that Antarctica’s only native insect is already consuming microplastics, even in one of [...]