image: Snow sampling in Bremen, Germany. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute analyze the content of microsplastics in the samples. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the August 14th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by M. Bergmann at Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic." view more
Credit: Melanie Bergmann, Alfred-Wegener-Institut