BESIDES the history of marine pollution, experts uncovered contamination from Antarctica’s soil.
The samples were collected from five locations on the continent’s King George Island and brought to a laboratory in the Thai City of Rakhon Natchasima.
A cutting-edge technology that can produce a perfect analytical result was used to analyze the samples.
A team of Thai scientists exploring Antarctica under the 34th Chinese National Antarctic Research Expeditions (CHINARE) discovered that up to 44 percent of the sampling soil is made of organic compounds from fossil fuels.
Soil samples taken from sites where people live showed higher levels of contamination.
The discovery prompted calls for stricter measures to protect the world’s most pristine environment.
Antarctica is the world’s fifth largest continent which is home to a huge number of interesting wildlife.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres previously warned that fossil fuel pollution caused ice sheets in Antarctica to melt three times faster than in the nineties. Guterres warned that the problem of melting ice, particularly in the West Antarctica Ice Sheet, does not stay in Antarctica. The melting ice could push up sea levels by around five meters which could turn into a global tragedy.
The global community has banned any human activity in Antarctica except for research purposes to preserve its pristine nature.
