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Riverine macroplastic gradient along watercourses: A global overview
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Nowadays, plastics represent growing concern in aquatic habitats, harming more and more both ecosystem and human health. Since rivers are the main carriers of plastics to the sea, some studies were conducted on the transport of overall small plastics ...
Luca Gallitelli, Massimiliano Scalici
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The unknown fate of macroplastic in mountain rivers
Science of The Total Environment, 2022 Mountain rivers are typically seen as relatively pristine ecosystems, supporting numerous goods (e.g., water resources) for human populations living not only in the mountain regions but also downstream from them. Recent evidence suggests, however, that mountain river valleys in populated areas can be substantially polluted by macroplastic (plastic item
Liro, Maciej +4 more
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Data in Brief, 2021 Litter was collected from 12 roadside ditches in the Finger lakes Region of New York State over two sampling periods: pre-COVID-19 pandemic and during COVID-19 pandemic.
Olivia Pietz +5 more
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Quantification of riverine macroplastics in a farmland area in Japan. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res IntAbstract Plastic pollution has become a major environmental threat, with extensive research focusing on the transfer of plastic waste from urban areas to oceans. However, limited attention has been given to the role of agricultural areas in plastic emissions to rivers.
Chowdhury Z, Yokota K, Ngoc NM, Inoue T.
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A local-to-global emissions inventory of macroplastic pollution. [PDF]
Nature, 2023 Abstract Negotiations for a global treaty on plastic pollution 1 will shape future policies on plastics production, use and waste management. Its parties will benefit from a high-resolution baseline of waste flows and plastic emission sources to enable identification of ...
Cottom JW, Cook E, Velis CA.
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Transfer dynamics of macroplastics in estuaries – New insights from the Seine estuary: Part 3. What fate for macroplastics? [PDF]
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 Macroplastic emissions from the Seine estuary to the English Channel were estimated using institutional cleaning of riverbanks, combined with a tagged litter experiment. Cleaning were performed between March 2018 and April 2019 by the non-profit company Naturaul'un over 19 sites covering 20 km of riverbanks.
Tramoy, R. +4 more
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A transport and accumulation model for macroplastics in rivers [PDF]
: We present a novel model that simulates macroplastic transport and retention in rivers, and which explicitly considers plastic accumulation in floodplains.
Huthoff, Fredrik +4 more
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Microplastics in the Antarctic marine system: An emerging area of research [PDF]
, 2017 It was thought that the Southern Ocean was relatively free of microplastic contamination; however, recent studies and citizen science projects in the Southern Ocean have reported microplastics in deep-sea sediments and surface waters.
Griffiths, Huw J. +7 more
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Plastics in soil description and surveys – practical considerations and field guide
Frontiers in Soil Science, 2022 A growing evidence base has shown that plastics are widely distributed in soils and could have negative effects on soil functions. However, within international standards for soil description, plastics are handled so far as one part of human-made ...
Collin J. Weber
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Large variation in Mekong river plastic transport between wet and dry season
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Plastic pollution in rivers is of increased global concern. Rivers act both as pathways for land-based plastic waste into the ocean, and as plastic reservoirs for long-term retention.
Tim H. M. van Emmerik +4 more
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