Biodiversité

De la Grèce à Hawaii en passant par le Canada, la planète est ravagée par d’impressionnants incendies. Ces mégafeux ne sont pas sans conséquences pour l’environnement. Augmentation des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, pollution plus importante… Ces impacts peuvent être visibles à court mais aussi à long terme. Décryptage.

The Arctic is “pervasively” polluted by microplastic fibres that most likely come from the washing of synthetic clothes by people in Europe and North America, research has found.

The most comprehensive study to date found the microplastics in 96 of 97 sea water samples taken from across the polar region. More than 92% of the microplastics were fibres, and 73% of these were made of polyester and were the same width and colours as those used in clothes. Most of the samples were taken from 3-8 metres below the surface, where much marine life feeds.