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Editorial: Impacts of Marine Litter [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 According to United Nations, 6.4 million tons of anthropogenic litter end up in the oceans every year. The majority of this litter (up to 83% according to some sources) is plastics. Continental plastic litter enters the ocean largely through storm-water runoff, is dumped on shorelines during recreational activities or directly discharged at sea from ...
Luisa Galgani +5 more
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Mapping of marine litter on the seafloor using WASSP S3 multibeam echo sounder and Chasing M2 ROV
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 Marine litter is a growing threat to the marine environment. Mapping of marine litter is becoming increasingly important to detect its potential hotspots and prevent their spread.
Ante Šiljeg +7 more
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An analogues-based forecasting system for Mediterranean marine-litter concentration [PDF]
Ocean Science, 2023 In this work, we explore the performance of a statistical forecasting system for marine-litter concentration in the Mediterranean Sea. In particular, we assess the potential skills of a system based on the analogues method.
G. Jordà +3 more
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Tackling Marine Plastic Pollution Through Source-To-Sea Approach and Circular Economy [PDF]
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2020 Marine litter and associated marine pollution are becoming a complex global environmental hazard these days. Among the different faces of marine pollution, by far the largest and probably the most dangerous part is marine plastic litter.
A. E. Francis and S. Herat
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Environmental Research Letters, 2021 The seafloor covers some 70% of the Earth’s surface and has been recognised as a major sink for marine litter. Still, litter on the seafloor is the least investigated fraction of marine litter, which is not surprising as most of it lies in the deep sea ...
Miquel Canals +27 more
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Marine Litter on the Coast of the Algarve: Main Sources and Distribution Using a Modeling Approach
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 The accumulation of floating marine litter poses a serious threat to the global environment and the economy all over the world, particularly of coastal municipalities that rely on tourism and recreational activities. Data of marine litter is thus crucial,
Eloah Rosas +2 more
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ADDRESSING THE CLASS IMBALANCE PROBLEM IN THE AUTOMATIC IMAGE CLASSIFICATION OF COASTAL LITTER FROM ORTHOPHOTOS DERIVED FROM UAS IMAGERY [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has been recently used for mapping marine litter on beach-dune environment. Machine learning algorithms have been applied on UAS-derived images and orthophotos for automated marine litter items detection.
D. Duarte +4 more
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How to Deal With Seafloor Marine Litter: An Overview of the State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Marine litter is a significant and growing pollutant in the oceans. In recent years, the number of studies and initiatives trying to assess and tackle the global threat of marine litter has grown exponentially.
Fantina Madricardo +13 more
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A Survey of Marine Coastal Litters around Zhoushan Island, China and Their Impacts
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 Rapid development of the economy increased marine litter around Zhoushan Island. Social-ecological scenario studies can help to develop strategies to adapt to such change.
Xuehua Ma +3 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 This study presents a large-scale monitoring of marine litter performed in the joint Norwegian–Russian ecosystem monitoring surveys in the period from 2010 to 2016 and contribute to documentation of the extent of marine litter in the Barents Sea.
Bjørn E. Grøsvik +5 more
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