Microplastics are falling with snow in the Sierra Nevada in California, even in remote mountain areas far from human activity, a new study by University of California, Riverside, researchers found.
Environmental toxicologist Aleksandra Karapetrova collected snow at seven sites, reaching six of them on skis and one by chairlift, the university said.
“But no matter how far out the site, I always found microplastics there,” Karapetrova said…