A rising tide of plastic pollution in the Arctic is spurring international action
Under Iceland's chairmanship, the Arctic Council has six different projects underway related to marine plastics.
February 17, 2020
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People in the Arctic increasingly face a conundrum: Why are their waters and marine systems — so far away from the world’s major population industrial centers — becoming laden with plastics?
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