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Microplastics found in freshly fallen snow in Sierra Nevada

States Newsroom · October 30, 2026

Microplastics are everywhere — including in Nevada’s snowpack. After years of skiing on freshly fallen snow in remote locations across the Sierra Nevada, Aleksandra Karapetrov — an environmental toxicologist at the University of California, Riverside — wondered how pristine the snow really was. Over six months…

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Microplastics found in freshly fallen snow in Sierra Nevada

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