Tons of tire rubber is making its way to the Arctic each year, study suggests
Scientists recently confirmed a hunch that microplastics from tires reach the Arctic by air as well as by sea.
As the tires and brakes on your car wear, they produce microscopic particles of plastic that wind up on the surface of the road. It has long been known that many of these particles eventually end up in the ocean, brought there either after either being blown into the water as dust or washed into the watershed when it rains.
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