Life Beneath the Arctic Ice Is Chock-Full of Microplastics
Picture a raft of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, and you're probably imagining a pristine marriage of white and blue. But during summertime, below the surface, something much greener and goopier lurks. A type of algae, Melosira arctica, grows in large, dangling masses and curtains that cling to the underside of Arctic...