During an expedition in the Northern Sea Route, Russian researchers discovered microplastics all along the route, marking the first time ever that samples have been taken of microplastic waste along the route.
As the Russian newspaper Izvestiya reports, during the Transarktika 2019 expedition the Professor Multanovskiy vessel began its journey from Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean on August 25, sailing through the NSR heading to Murmansk, where it berthed on September 8.
Although in the entire...
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