Plastic pollution in the marine environment [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Plastic pollution is recognized as a severe anthropogenic issue in the coastal and marine ecosystems across the world. Unprecedented and continuous accumulation of growing plastic contaminants into any respective aquatic ecosystem by the anthropogenic ...
G.G.N. Thushari, J.D.M. Senevirathna
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Sea of plastic: representations of the sea and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors regarding marine plastic pollution in Peru and Chile [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Marine plastic pollution remains one of the greatest problems worldwide. Hence, this study explores the attitudes and pro-environmental behaviors of Peruvian and Chilean citizens regarding marine pollution, with an emphasis on plastic pollution. For this,
Fernanda Saavedra +7 more
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Seawater-Degradable Polymers-Fighting the Marine Plastic Pollution. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh), 2020 AbstractPolymers shape human life but they also have been identified as pollutants in the oceans due to their long lifetime and low degradability. Recently, various researchers have studied the impact of (micro)plastics on marine life, biodiversity, and potential toxicity.
Wang GX +4 more
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Uncoupled: investigating the lack of correlation between the transcription of putative plastic-degrading genes in the global ocean microbiome and marine plastic pollution [PDF]
Environmental MicrobiomeBackground Plastic pollution is a severe threat to marine ecosystems. While some microbial enzymes can degrade certain plastics, the ability of the global ocean microbiome to break down diverse environmental plastics remains limited.
Victor Gambarini +6 more
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Comptes Rendus. PhysiquePlastic pollution is a very active research topic for a wide variety of scientific disciplines. While existing reviews of plastic pollution in the ocean cover the topic from different disciplinary and interdisciplinary viewpoints, this review addresses ...
Poulain-Zarcos, Marie +3 more
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Estimating marine plastic pollution from COVID-19 face masks in coastal regions. [PDF]
Mar Pollut Bull, 2021 Chowdhury H, Chowdhury T, Sait SM.
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Assessing COVID-19's "known unknowns": potential impacts on marine plastic pollution and fishing in the South China Sea. [PDF]
Marit Stud, 2021 Heazle M.
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Yuridika, 2019 The ocean and its marine resources play an important role in providing sources of livelihood to the Indonesian people. Indonesia is currently dealing with a major plastic waste problem, and this, in turn, also impacts the marine environment since the ...
Ulya Yasmine Prisandani +1 more
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Plastic pollution solutions: emerging technologies to prevent and collect marine plastic pollution
Environment International, 2020 As plastic waste accumulates in the ocean at alarming rates, the need for efficient and sustainable remediation solutions is urgent. One solution is the development and mobilization of technologies that either 1) prevent plastics from entering waterways ...
Emma Schmaltz +7 more
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Isolation and characterization of marine microorganisms capable of degrading plastics [PDF]
mSystemsThe escalating crisis of global plastic pollution has prompted increasing efforts toward the identification of plastic-degrading microorganisms as environmentally sustainable solutions.
Qi Zeng +7 more
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