The Australian Antarctic Division has moved swiftly to adjust its shipping plans for the 2022-23 season with icebreaker RSV Nuyina unlikely to be in service due to a delay in receiving spare parts.
Rare earth elements (REEs), like lanthanum and cerium, are vital components in many everyday and emerging technologies, including smartphones, hard disks and clean energy.
The results provide insights into the temporal variability of sinking microplastics and thus a first approach to understanding their fate in the ocean.