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Integration of Remote Sensing and Particle Tracking Modeling to Locate Marine Litter Accumulations in Manila Bay Pasig River Outfall [PDF]

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Plastic pollution remains one of the world’s most prevalent pollution problems, especially in the Philippines. The main objective of the study is to develop a methodology for locating marine litter accumulations between remote sensing images and a ...
F. A. F. Francisco, E. K. P. Mortega, A. M. Tamondong, E. C. Herrera   +3 more
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A framework for inland cities to prevent marine debris: A case study from Durham, North Carolina

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Land-based sources of litter are increasingly recognized as significant contributors to marine debris, and rivers can carry debris to the coast from far-inland sources. In this paper, we demonstrate the important role inland cities can play in the marine
Nancy E. Lauer, Michelle B. Nowlin
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Delineating the global plastic marine litter challenge: clarifying the misconceptions [PDF]

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020
AbstractPlastics, owing to their various beneficial properties (durability, flexibility and lightweight nature), are widely regarded as the workhorse material of our modern society. Being ubiquitously and increasingly present over the past 60 years, they provide various benefits to the global economy. However, inappropriate and/or uncontrolled disposal
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Seafloor Litter in the Sinop İnceburun Coast in the Southern Black Sea

International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics, 2017
In this study, abundance, distribution and type of seafloor litter were determined in the Sinop Inceburun coast which is the northeast point of Turkey.
Ayşah Öztekin, Levent Bat
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BePLi Dataset v1: Beach Plastic Litter Dataset version 1 for instance segmentation of beach plastic litter

Data in Brief, 2023
Marine plastic pollution is a pressing global issue nowadays. To address this problem, automated image analysis techniques that can identify plastic litter are necessary for scientific research and coastal management purposes.
Mitsuko Hidaka, Koshiro Murakami, Kenta Koshidawa, Shintaro Kawahara, Daisuke Sugiyama, Shin'ichiro Kako, Daisuke Matsuoka   +6 more
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Tracking Marine Litter With a Global Ocean Model: Where Does It Go? Where Does It Come From?

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Plastic is the most abundant type of marine litter and it is found in all of the world’s oceans and seas, even in remote areas far from human activities. It is a major concern because plastics remain in the oceans for a long time.
Eric P. Chassignet, Xiaobiao Xu, Olmo Zavala-Romero   +2 more
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Emerging Technologies for Remote Sensing of Floating and Submerged Plastic Litter

Remote Sensing
Most advances in the remote sensing of floating marine plastic litter have been made using passive remote-sensing techniques in the visible (VIS) to short-wave-infrared (SWIR) parts of the electromagnetic spectrum based on the spectral absorption ...
Lonneke Goddijn-Murphy, Victor Martínez-Vicente, Heidi M. Dierssen, Valentina Raimondi, Erio Gandini, Robert Foster, Ved Chirayath   +6 more
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Marine litter distribution and density in European seas, from the shelves to deep basins.

PLoS ONE, 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.
Christopher K Pham, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Claudia H S Alt, Teresa Amaro, Melanie Bergmann, Miquel Canals, Joan B Company, Jaime Davies, Gerard Duineveld, François Galgani, Kerry L Howell, Veerle A I Huvenne, Eduardo Isidro, Daniel O B Jones, Galderic Lastras, Telmo Morato, José Nuno Gomes-Pereira, Autun Purser, Heather Stewart, Inês Tojeira, Xavier Tubau, David Van Rooij, Paul A Tyler   +22 more
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Dispersal of marine plastic litter during tropical cyclones

Marine Pollution Bulletin
Many countries that are substantial contributors to global plastic pollution are also prone to tropical cyclones. Yet, the capacity for tropical cyclones to redistribute plastic waste has not been characterised. To address this, we simulate plastic transport from coasts in the Philippines archipelago during seven tropical cyclones, with a focus on the ...
Edward Roome, Peter Robins, Mark Walton, Evelyn Taboada, Simon Neill   +4 more
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Automatic Detection of Marine Litter: A General Framework to Leverage Synthetic Data

Remote Sensing, 2022
The spatial and temporal coverage of spaceborne optical imaging systems are well suited for automated marine litter monitoring. However, developing machine learning-based detection and identification algorithms requires large amounts of data.
Manon Nagy, Luca Istrate, Matei Simtinică, Sébastien Travadel, Philippe Blanc   +4 more
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