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Tents set up on a snow and ice field in Aurora Basin North, East Antarctica
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Microplastics’ Hidden Contribution to Snow Melting

by J. Ming and F. Wang 8 March 20214 October 2021

Microplastic particles, present everywhere on the planet, may complicate assessments of black carbon’s role in the melting of snow and of its contributions to Earth’s radiative balance.

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