Scientists find nanoplastics in Antarctic soil for the first time, including tyre-wear particles, raising concerns that tiny plastic pollution can travel through the atmosphere to Earth's most remote places

• Nanoplastics found in Antarctic soils for first time, suggesting long-range atmospheric transportScientists have detected nanoplastics in Antarctic soil for the first time.
• This provides fresh evidence that tiny plastic particles can travel through the atmosphere and reach some of the most remote places on Earth.
• The study was published in Scientific Reports and found nanoplastics in soils from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, one of the coldest and driest regions on the planet.