Plastic pollution in some NZ lakes is comparable to northern hemisphere lakes in highly populated areas, global study finds
- Written by: Deniz Özkundakci, Associate Professor of Lake and Freshwater Science, University of Waikato
Shutterstock/Troy WegmanThe level of microplastic pollution in New Zealand lakes is comparable with those in the US or Europe, despite much lower population densities, according to our global analysis of plastic pollution in freshwater lakes and reservoirs.
Globally, our results show two types of lakes are particularly vulnerable to plastic...