The consecutive storms that have battered the Sierra Nevada have added up to huge gains in California’s snowpack and it appears researchers are finding more than just snow, they’re finding traces of microplastics.
“So far, we have found some microplastics in some of our snow samples. We still have a lot of work to do,” said Monica Arienzo, an associate research professor in hydrology at the Desert Research Institute in Reno.
Arienzo is taking a close look at the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
“The reason why we want to study the snow is cause is an excellent recorder of what is going on in the atmosphere. And