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Marine Microplastics and Infant Health [PDF]

arXiv
A century of plastic usage has led to an accumulation of plastic waste in waterways and oceans. Over time, these wastes break down into particles smaller than 5 microns -- or ''microplastics'' -- which can infiltrate human biological systems. Despite decades of research into this emerging source of environmental pollution, there is a paucity of direct ...
arxiv  

Plastic effects on marine and freshwater environments

Water Biology and Security
In the 1930s, plastic items started to acquire popularity. Since then, they have overcome many barriers and are now important to many facets of society. Post-consumer plastic, however, is an environmental problem of increasing concern.
Fabiula Danielli Bastos de Sousa
doaj  

Isolation and Characterisation of Polypropylene Microplastic-Utilising Bacterium from the Antarctic Soil [PDF]

arXiv
Despite its remoteness from other continents, the Antarctic region cannot escape the aftermath of human activities as it is highly influenced by anthropogenic impacts that occur both in the regional and global context. Contamination by microplastics, mostly caused by the improper disposal of plastic waste, is widely recognised as a serious ...
arxiv  

How will marine plastic pollution affect bacterial primary producers? [PDF]

Commun Biol, 2020
Tetu SG, Sarker I, Moore LR.
europepmc   +1 more source

THE IMPACT OF PLASTIC POLLUTION ON MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

This article studies the socio-economic ramifications of plastic pollution, including its detrimental effects on industries such as tourism, fisheries, and coastal communities reliant on healthy marine ecosystems for livelihoods. It discusses the disproportionate burden of plastic pollution on developing countries and marginalized communities ...
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OceanChat: The Effect of Virtual Conversational AI Agents on Sustainable Attitude and Behavior Change [PDF]

arXiv
Marine ecosystems face unprecedented threats from climate change and plastic pollution, yet traditional environmental education often struggles to translate awareness into sustained behavioral change. This paper presents OceanChat, an interactive system leveraging large language models to create conversational AI agents represented as animated marine ...
arxiv  

Plastic pollution within "The Gully" Marine Protected Area of the Scotian Shelf, Northwest Atlantic

, 2023
Noreen E. Kelly, Laura Feyrer, Hal Whitehead   +2 more
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Acoustic Levitation for Environmental Remediation: An Effective Approach for Containment and Forecasting of Oil Spills [PDF]

arXiv
The ocean ecology is badly impacted by large-scale oil spills, plastic waste, and chemical pollution, which destroy ecosystems and endanger marine life. Acknowledging the detrimental effects of oil spills on ecosystems, our research aims to establish the foundation for creative methods to lessen their impact.
arxiv  

Twitter data analysis to assess the interest of citizens on the impact of marine plastic pollution [PDF]

, 2021
Pablo Otero, Jesús Gago, Patricia Quintas   +2 more
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Marine plastic pollution and affordable housing challenge: Shredded waste plastic stabilized soil for producing compressed earth bricks

, 2019
I. I. Akinwumi, Ayebaemi H. Domo-Spiff, A. O. Salami   +2 more
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