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"Rocky Mountain National Park, which had the greatest amount of microplastics among the national parks and wilderness areas in the study" Surprised to see Colo
by elevenoh 6y ago
"Rocky Mountain National Park, which had the greatest amount of microplastics among the national parks and wilderness areas in the study"
Surprised to see Colorado so affected.
- sojournerc 6y agoThat is surprising, especially considering that it's on the continental divide and has mostly headwaters. I live a bit south of there in the mountains, also close to the divide. A lot of our precip, especially in winter, is moisture carried by the jet stream from the north pacific that gets caught on the mountains. Could be the source, but that's a wild guess.