Microplastics are raining down from the sky

Scientists discover large amounts of tiny plastic particles falling out of the air in a remote mountain location.

In what looks like a pristine, remote mountain region, tiny pieces of plastic pollution were found raining down from the sky—raising questions about the global extent of plastic pollution—a first-of-its-kind study has found.

LINK: https://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/environment/2019/04/microplastics-pollution-falls-from-air-even-mountains