Microplastics discovered near the peak of Mount Everest

The once-pristine mountain environment of Mount Everest is now littered with everything from oxygen cannisters to the bodies of climbers. And microplastics.

Scientists studying plastic pollution on Mount Everest have discovered microplastics as high as 8,440 metres up the mountain, just 400 metres below the peak.

This is the first time researchers have looked at microplastics on the mountain, and they were surprised to find them at such high altitudes.

The results of their study are published today in One…