Microplastics in a Remote Lake Basin of the Tibetan Plateau: Impacts of Atmospheric Transport and Glacial Melting
文献类型: 外文期刊
作者: Dong, Huike 1 ; Wang, Lanxiang 1 ; Wang, Xiaoping 1 ; Xu, Li 4 ; Chen, Mengke 1 ; Gong, Ping 1 ; Wang, Chuanfei 1 ;
作者机构: 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
2.CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
4.Beijing Acad Agr & Forestry Sci, Beijing Res Ctr Agr Stand & Testing, Beijing 100095, Peoples R China
5.Beijing Municipal Key Lab Agr Environm Monitoring, Beijing 100097, Peoples R China
关键词: fate; glacial runoff; lake; loading; storage
期刊名称:ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ( 影响因子:9.028; 五年影响因子:9.922 )
ISSN: 0013-936X
年卷期: 2021 年 55 卷 19 期
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收录情况: SCI
摘要: Plastic pollution is fast becoming one of the most pressing global issues that we currently face. Remote areas, such as the polar regions and the Tibetan Plateau, are now also exposed to microplastic contamination. However, with the impact of global warming, the transport of microplastics within the glacier-lake basins in such regions remains unclear. In this work, the Nam Co Basin in the Tibetan Plateau was selected to study the characteristics of microplastics in the rain fallout, lake water, glacial runoff, and non-glacial runoff. Fiber and films were the most common microplastic morphologies in all water samples; a higher proportion (37%) of light-weighing polypropylene and small-size (50-300 mu m, similar to 30%) microplastics were found in the glacial runoff. Air mass trajectory analysis showed that microplastics could be transported through the atmosphere over a distance of up to 800 km. For microplastic loading in lakes, the atmospheric fallout was estimated to be 3.3 tons during the monsoon season, whereas the contributions of glacial runoff (similar to 41 kg) and non-glacial runoff (similar to 522 kg) were relatively low. For the microplastic loading in glaciers, the atmospheric deposition was similar to 500 kg/yr, and the output caused by glacial melting only accounted 8% of the total atmospheric input. All these results suggested that the dominant pathway through which microplastics enter remote mountainous lake basins is atmospheric deposition, and once deposited on glaciers, microplastics will be stored for a long time. This work provides quantitative evidence elucidating the fate of microplastics in alpine lake environments.
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