Grasshopper effect
A cycle of long-range transport and deposition of persistent organic pollutants, that can carry them thousands of kilometres from their source. Toxic pollutants released thousands of miles to the south evaporate in the warm climate. They then ride the winds until they reach the cold air of the Arctic, where they eventually condense and fall to the earth, deposited as toxic rain or snow.
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