RT Journal Article
T1 Microplastics in Antarctic air: revealing current findings
A1 Deylami, Saed
A1 Jafet Cárdenas Escudero, 
A1 López Ochoa, Marcos
A1 Ayuso Haro, Jorge
A1 Galán Madruga, David
A1 Urraca Ruiz, Javier
A1 Cáceres, J.O.
AB This work provides a comprehensive examination of microplastic air pollution in Antarctica. Due to atmospheric microplastics’ emerging importance, analytical procedures and health effects are discussed. Microplastic pollution poses an increasing threat to the unique and delicate Antarctic ecosystem, potentially triggering harmful consequences not only for the local ecosystem and fauna, but also for human health and well-being, given the severe implications of microplastic pollution for global scenarios such as imminent worldwide warming and the melting of polar ice. Numerous investigations have now exposed the extent of microplastic pollution in the Antarctic and the prevalence of both nano- and microplastics in this region, a significant storehouse of the planet’s freshwater. This work also highlights the challenges of assessing the hazards that microplastics, particularly the nanoscale variants, may pose to human health and life maintenance. The results of this work suggest that global mechanisms of microplastic pollution mitigation are critical to microplastic transportation to the Antarctic reaches. This overview provides a better understanding of microplastic pollution in Antarctica while highlighting the urgency of more comprehensive research in this area to elucidate more precisely the short-, medium- and long-term effects of the arrival of these emerging contaminants in the Antarctic.
PB Cambridge
YR 2025
FD 2025-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/132867
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/132867
LA eng
NO Deylami S, Cárdenas-Escudero J, López Ochoa M, et al. Microplastics in Antarctic air: revealing current findings. Antarctic Science. 2025;37(2):104-116. doi:10.1017/S0954102024000555
NO Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
NO Complutense University
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
NO Universidad de Panamá
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 abr 2026