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Scientists stunned after finding one of Earth's most remote places blanketed in dangerous material: 'Is it snowing plastic … ?' (www.yahoo.com)
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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I mean there is microplastic in the rain everywhere in the world, so i have zero reasons to believe that there isnt any in snow.
Im surprised that this article makes this out as a crazy new finding when we have known for years.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah if you read the full story, they were fully expecting to find it, they were just measuring how much.