Plastic Pollution From All Over the World on Svalbard Beaches, New Study Finds A five-year project relying on hundreds of tourists as “citizen scientists” to collect plastic debris on select Svalbard beaches highlights how the Arctic Ocean ecosystem is affected by pollution outside the region. More than a third of plastic pollution could be traced to countries outside the Arctic.
Scientists Found Microplastics Along the Entire Northern Sea Route Plastic waste and microplastics have been found in the sea along the entire Northern Sea Route, Russian scientists confirm. The results of a recent expedition may provide crucial information about how some of the world’s most remote ocean areas are affected by the global issue of microplastics.
Scientists to Map Pollution Along Russia’s Northernmost Point A Norwegian-Russian research project aims to map plastic waste along the coast of Novaya Zemlya. Documentation about existing waste that far north does not exist at present, and the expedition this summer may provide unique knowledge about pollution in this part of the Arctic.
Scientists Fears That the Barents Sea Will Be Filled With Trash Scientist Geir Wing Gabrielsen has spent every summer for the past 36 years in Svalbard. Today, he fears that the Barents Sea is becoming a garbage dump. "We really need to find out more about this", he says.
