Remote Sensing, 2022 The abundance of litter pollution in the marine environment has been increasing globally. Remote sensing techniques are valuable tools to advance knowledge on litter abundance, distribution and dynamics. Images collected by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV,
Umberto Andriolo +4 more
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TOWARDS DETECTING FLOATING OBJECTS ON A GLOBAL SCALE WITH LEARNED SPATIAL FEATURES USING SENTINEL 2 [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021 Marine litter is a growing problem that has been attracting attention and raising concerns over the last years. Significant quantities of plastic can be found in the oceans due to the unfiltered discharge of waste into rivers, poor waste management, or ...
J. Mifdal, N. Longépé, M. Rußwurm
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Riverine Litter Flux to the Northeastern Part of the Black Sea
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Rivers are among the main sources of marine litter, especially for semi-isolated sea areas with high populations and intense economic activity. The semi-isolated Black Sea located in the Eastern Europe is an example of such an area, whose watershed basin
Maria Pogojeva +2 more
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Hyperspectral ultraviolet to shortwave infrared characteristics of marine-harvested, washed-ashore and virgin plastics [PDF]
Earth System Science Data, 2020 Combating the imminent environmental problems associated with plastic litter requires a synergy of monitoring strategies, clean-up efforts, policymaking and interdisciplinary scientific research.
S. P. Garaba +2 more
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Modelling floating riverine litter in the south-eastern Bay of Biscay: a regional distribution from a seasonal perspective [PDF]
Ocean Science, 2022 Although rivers contribute to the flux of litter to the marine environment, estimates of riverine litter amounts and detailed studies on floating riverine litter behaviour once it has reached the sea are still scarce.
I. Ruiz +3 more
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Floating Riverine Litter Flux to the White Sea: Seasonal Changes in Abundance and Composition
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Arctic rivers bring litter from their basins to the sea, but accurate data for the Arctic do not exist yet. This study presents the first assessment of floating macro litter input (>2.5 cm) from the Northern Dvina and Onega rivers to the White Sea.
Maria Mikusheva +6 more
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Marine Litter Distribution and Density in European Seas, from the Shelves to Deep Basins [PDF]
, 2014 Anthropogenic litter is present in all marine habitats, from beaches to the most remote points in the oceans. On the seafloor, marine litter, particularly plastic, can accumulate in high densities with deleterious consequences for its inhabitants.
Morato, Telmo +138 more
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Chapter An integrated approach for marine litter hot spots identification
, 2022 Marine litter is defined as any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment, and it is among the most important environmental problems which are affecting the sea nowadays.
Miniussi, Stefano +4 more
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Unsteady Ekman‐Stokes Dynamics: Implications for Surface Wave‐Induced Drift of Floating Marine Litter [PDF]
Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 Abstract We examine Stokes drift and wave‐induced transport of floating marine litter on the surface of a rotating ocean with a turbulent mixed layer. Due to Coriolis‐Stokes forcing and surface wave stress, a second‐order Eulerian‐mean flow forms, which must be added to the Stokes drift to obtain the correct wave‐induced Lagrangian ...
Christopher John Higgins +2 more
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