Ciencia en cómic

Microplásticos de vacaciones

Llega el verano y con él las vacaciones. Los que pueden, aprovechan para viajar y visitar lugares exóticos. Al igual que los microplásticos, que vuelan lejos por la atmósfera, y llegan a lugares donde no deberían estar como la Antártida.

Las fuentes:

  • 2021 XiaoZhi Lim. Microplastics are everywhere but are they harmful? Nature, vol. 593, 22-25.
  • 2020 Trainac et al. Airborne microplastic particles detected in the remote marine atmosphere. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00061-y
  • 2020 Bianco and Passananti. Atmospheric Micro and Nanoplastics: An Enormous Microscopic Problem. Sustainability, 12, 7327. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12187327
  • 2020 Chen et al. Mini-review of microplastics in the atmosphere and their risks to humans. Science of the Total Environment. 703, 135504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135504
  • 2020 Zhang et al., Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives. Earth-Science Reviews. 203, 103118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103118
  • 2021 Joana Fragão, Filipa Bessa, Vanessa Otero, Andrés Barbosa, Paula Sobral, Claire M. Waluda, Hugo R. Guímaro, José C. Xavier. Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in Antarctica: Using penguins as biological samplers. Science of The Total Environment, 788, 147698. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147698