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Covid-19 and increase in plastic debris in coastal and marine environments [PDF]

open access: yesPizhūhish dar Bihdāsht-i Muḥīṭ., 2021
Plastics are widely used in society due to their many benefits, cheapness and availability and global plastic production in 2018 reached 359 million tons per year.
Edris Alang
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Coastal Armoring Impacts on Beaches and Sea Turtles

open access: yesEDIS, 2023
Close to 19.6 million people live in Florida, and 76.5% of them, or approximately 15 million, live on the coast. Florida’s coasts are attractive despite the increasing risks from sea-level rise and more frequent climatic events such as hurricanes and ...
Martha Monroe, Ray Carthy, Melissa Hill
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Covid-19 : le retour à la plage dans quatre grandes villes méditerranéennes après le confinement du printemps 2020 : Marseille et Nice (France), Barcelone et Valence (Espagne)

open access: yesDéveloppement Durable et Territoires, 2022
The post-containment period of spring 2020 in Western Europe was a time of hope and hesitation about the possibility of a return to normality after the first act of Covid-19.
Samuel Robert   +5 more
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Quantifying Marine Plastic Debris in a Beach Environment Using Spectral Analysis

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Marine plastic debris (MPD) is a globally relevant environmental challenge, with an estimated 8 million tons of synthetic debris entering the marine environment each year.
Jenna A. Guffogg   +5 more
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The Coastal Imaging Research Network (CIRN)

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
The Coastal Imaging Research Network (CIRN) is an international group of researchers who exploit signatures of phenomena in imagery of coastal, estuarine, and riverine environments.
Margaret L. Palmsten   +1 more
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Evolution of the Beaches in the Regional Park of Salinas and Arenales of San Pedro del Pinatar (Southeast of Spain) (1899–2019)

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021
Coastal erosion is anissuewhich affects beaches all over the world and that signifies enormous economic and environmental losses. Classed as a slow phenomenon, the evolution of the coastline requires long-term analysis. In this study, old cartography and
Daniel Ibarra-Marinas   +3 more
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BEACH MEMORY [PDF]

open access: yesCoastal Engineering Proceedings, 2012
A new concept of beach memory is investigated in this research. Using a Beach Evolution Model developed for beach rotation, we define a function of beach memory able to describe the weight of the preceding wave conditions and their contribution in the current beach response.
Turki, Imen   +2 more
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Urban Microplastics Emissions: Effectiveness of Retention Measures and Consequences for the Baltic Sea

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Urban sewage water pathways seem most important for microplastics emissions to the Baltic Sea. We use microplastics emission data for the entire Baltic Sea region, calculate emissions for three sewage water related urban pathways and develop emission ...
Gerald Schernewski   +6 more
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Foredune and Beach Dynamics on the Southern Shores of Lake Michigan during Recent High Water Levels

open access: yesGeosciences, 2022
From 18 January 2013 (175.16 m a.s.l.) to 8 September 2020 (177.82 m a.s.l.), Lake Michigan experienced its fastest and highest rise (2.67 m) since 1860, when instrumental measurements began.
Zoran Kilibarda, Vesna Kilibarda
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Growth and Decay of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Changes in the Coliform Composition on the Top Surface Sand of Coastal Beaches during the Rainy Season

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2023
High counts of bacteria are present in beach sand, and human health threats attributable to contact with sand have been reported. In this study, we investigated fecal indicator bacteria in the top surface sand of coastal beaches.
Soichiro Tamai   +3 more
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