The Prime Ministers advisers are accused of deliberately trying to wreck any chances of a deal with the eu. Boris johnson hits back. And an interim air accident report says high levels of Carbon Monoxide may have caused the crash that killed argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala and the pilot of his plane. Good morning. Its 7 00am in singapore and midnight in london. Scientists have discovered particles of plastic falling in snow in the arctic, highlighting the shocking scale of plastic pollution. A region long thought to be pristine is contaminated with microscopic particles, which are carried on the winds from thousands of miles away. Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin travelled to the artic circle as the research was being carried out. Heres his special report. The arctic, a place of pristine beauty. Smothered with snow, clean and pure. Or, thats how it appears. But its an illusion. Arctic snow is tainted with microplastics and rubber particles and clothing fibres. Given the amou
Dr Melanie Bergmann led the research. First stage involves a bit of low technology. A dessert spoon and a flask. I think were not treating our planet very thoughtfully. Basically, we produce all these packaging materials, we cover everything in polymer based varnish, we use a lot of rubber which we also find in our aerial samples, snow samples, and dont even think about it what is happening to this in the environment. But few people live here. Where on earth do the pollutants come from 7 we know that most of what we are analysing up there and measuring are long range transported pollution coming from the continent, coming from asia, coming from all over the world. And some of these chemicals have properties that are a threat to the ecosystem for living animals. Scientists have found that air and sea currents drive pollutants north. Last year we broke the news that Arctic Sea Ice had more microplastics than anywhere in the ocean because floating particles get bonded into the ice as it f
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