Report for: Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

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Title	Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic
Published in	Nature Communications, April 2018
DOI	10.1038/s41467-018-03825-5
Pubmed ID	29692405
Authors	Ilka Peeken, Sebastian Primpke, Birte Beyer, Julia Gütermann, Christian Katlein, Thomas Krumpen, Melanie Bergmann, Laura Hehemann, Gunnar Gerdts
Abstract	Microplastics (MP) are recognized as a growing environmental hazard and have been identified as far as the remote Polar Regions, with particularly high concentrations of microplastics in sea ice. Little is known regarding the horizontal variability of MP within sea ice and how the underlying water body affects MP composition during sea ice growth. Here we show that sea ice MP has no uniform polymer composition and that, depending on the growth region and drift paths of the sea ice, unique MP patterns can be observed in different sea ice horizons. Thus even in remote regions such as the Arctic Ocean, certain MP indicate the presence of localized sources. Increasing exploitation of Arctic resources will likely lead to a higher MP load in the Arctic sea ice and will enhance the release of MP in the areas of strong seasonal sea ice melt and the outflow gateways.

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Country	Count	As %
Chile	66	8%
United States	58	7%
Spain	53	7%
Mexico	34	4%
United Kingdom	32	4%
Germany	20	3%
India	15	2%
Colombia	13	2%
Canada	13	2%
Other	158	20%
Unknown	325	41%

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Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	683	87%
Scientists	88	11%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	12	2%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	4	<1%

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Country	Count	As %
Unknown	872	100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Ph. D. Student	141	16%
Researcher	120	14%
Student > Master	116	13%
Student > Bachelor	101	12%
Student > Doctoral Student	38	4%
Other	123	14%
Unknown	233	27%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Environmental Science	222	25%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	101	12%
Earth and Planetary Sciences	57	7%
Chemistry	49	6%
Engineering	32	4%
Other	111	13%
Unknown	300	34%

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Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

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