Research ArticleATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic
- Melanie Bergmann1,*,†,
- Sophia Mützel1,†,
- Sebastian Primpke1,
- Mine B. Tekman1,
- Jürg Trachsel2 and
- Gunnar Gerdts1
- 1Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany.
- 2WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastrasse 11, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: melanie.bergmann{at}awi.de
↵† These authors contributed equally to this work as co-first authors.
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Science Advances 14 Aug 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 8, eaax1157
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax1157
Vol. 5, no. 8, eaax1157
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax1157
Melanie Bergmann
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany.
Sophia Mützel
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany.
Sebastian Primpke
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany.
Mine B. Tekman
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany.
Jürg Trachsel
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastrasse 11, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland.
Gunnar Gerdts
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany.
