Taipei, Jan. 25 (CNA) Several mountainous areas in northern and northeastern Taiwan saw snowfall late Tuesday and early Wednesday as a powerful cold front brought freezing temperatures to high-altitude parts of the country.
Microplastic contamination has been found in 100 percent of the water samples collected from Jiaming Lake (嘉明湖) in Taitung County, the second-highest mountain lake in Taiwan and a main source of drinking water for the Formosan sambar deer, a protected species, a study released on Sunday by Greenpeace found.
Microplastics were also detected in up to 80 percent of the water samples collected from other sources along the hiking trail to Jiaming Lake, which sits at an elevation of 3,310m, the global environmental organization said in a statement.
The Formosan sambar deer, a subspecies of the sambar found in the high mountains,
/ Staff writer, with CNAMicroplastic contamination has been found in 100 percent of the water samples collected from Jiaming Lake （嘉明湖） in Taitung County, the second-highest mountain lake in Taiwan and a main source of drinking water for the Formosan sambar deer, a protected species, a study released on Sunday by Greenpeace found.
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