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Separation of microplastics from deep-sea sediment using an affordable, simple to use, and easily accessible density separation device

Microplastics and Nanoplastics
Microplastics accumulate in the environment but methods to extract particles from sediment for quantification and identification often lack accuracy and reproducibility.
Katherine R. Shaw, Rachel Sandquist, Cameron Fairclough, Jesse Black, Alexandra Fitzgerald, Jaxson T. Shaw, Scott Gallager, Jennifer Lynch   +7 more
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Underestimated activity-based microplastic intake under scenario-specific exposures

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
Despite increasing alarms over the health impacts of microplastics (MPs) due to their detection in human organs and feces, precise exposure evaluations remain scarce.
Kai Liu, Qingqing Li, Anthony L. Andrady, Xiaohui Wang, Yinan He, Daoji Li   +5 more
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Leaftronics: Bio‐Fractal Scaffolds From Leaf Venation for Low‐Waste Electronics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
“Leaftronics” transforms naturally evolved leaf venation into quasi‐fractal scaffolds for sustainable electronics. Polymer‐infiltrated leaf skeletons can be used to fabricate ultra‐smooth, reflow‐ and thin‐film‐compatible decomposable substrates, while making the same lignocellulose networks conducting results in flexible transparent electrodes.
Rakesh Rajendran Nair, Hrisheekesh Thachoth Chandran, Karl Leo, Hans Kleemann   +3 more
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Plastic ingestion by North Pacific garbage patch fishes: highest occurrences and quantities in upper trophic pelagics

Environmental Research Communications
Plastic marine debris (PMD) is rapidly accumulating in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, exposing fishes living in the North Pacific garbage patch (NPGP) to extremely high PMD concentrations.
Katherine R Shaw, Zachary D Bramble, Sarah-Jeanne Royer, Matthias Egger, Matthew Iacchei, Jennifer M Lynch, K David Hyrenbach   +6 more
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Abundance, patterns, and taxa associations of anthropogenic marine debris on reefs in the middle Florida Keys

Frontiers in Marine Science
The Florida Keys reef tract has rapidly shifted from a structurally complex, hard coral-dominated reef to a less rugose, soft coral-dominated reef. This transition has been facilitated by persistent anthropogenic stressors including recreational and ...
Tokea G. Payton, Randi J. Sims, Randi J. Sims, Michael J. Childress, Michael J. Childress   +4 more
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Anthropogenic Debris Ingestion by Avifauna in Eastern Australia.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Anthropogenic debris in the world's oceans and coastal environments is a pervasive global issue that has both direct and indirect impacts on avifauna. The number of bird species affected, the feeding ecologies associated with an increased risk of debris ...
Lauren Roman, Lauren Roman, Qamar A Schuyler, Britta Denise Hardesty, Kathy A Townsend   +4 more
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Reproduction of the Marine Debris Distribution in the Seto Inland Sea Immediately after the July 2018 Heavy Rains in Western Japan Using Multidate Landsat-8 Data

Remote Sensing, 2021
Understanding the spatiotemporal environment of the ocean after a heavy rain disaster is critical for satellite remote sensing research and disaster prevention.
Shilin Song, Yuji Sakuno, Naokazu Taniguchi, Hidetsugu Iwashita   +3 more
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Clearinghouse [PDF]

, 2018
This website is "an online resource empowering the marine debris community to discover, explore, and apply knowledge in their efforts to sutdy and mitigate ocean debris and its impacts" (homepage).
Marine Debris Program (U.S.)
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Community and abundance of Meiofaunal biofouling inhabited on marine plastic debris from the coast of Korea during June 2021 [PDF]

, 2022
Plastic pollution in marine ecosystems has damaging effects on marine organism such as ingestion, entanglement, choking and invasion. The introduction of invasive species into new habitats can lead to decrease population and extinction of native species,
Kim, Hyeon, Kang, Jung Hoon, Baek, Eun Ran, Kim, Minju   +3 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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