Tiny microplastics travel far on the wind
The deposition of airborne plastic bits in far-flung, remote places may rival that of cities
![a photo of the Pyrenees Mountains](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/041219_cg_microplastics_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
FAR-FLUNG TRASH Researchers measured an atmospheric deposition rate of microplastics at a remote site in the Pyrenees Mountains (shown) that was similar to rates measured within Paris.
G. Le Roux