Valuation of marine plastic pollution in the European Arctic: Applying an integrated choice and latent variable model to contingent valuation [PDF]
, 2019 Despite its remoteness, marine plastic pollution is a significant environmental problem in the Arctic. In Svalbard, for example, plastics are found on the shorelines, in the water column, on the ocean floor and in the ice. Organisms have been observed to
Aanesen, M +5 more
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Public preferences for marine plastic litter reductions across Europe [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Plastic pollution is one of the most challenging problems affecting the marine environment of our time. Based on a unique dataset covering four European seas and eight European countries, this paper adds to the limited empirical evidence base related to the societal welfare effects of marine litter management.
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Transition paths of marine debris and the stability of the garbage patches [PDF]
, 2020 We used transition path theory (TPT) to infer "reactive" pathways of floating marine debris trajectories. The TPT analysis was applied on a pollution-aware time-homogeneous Markov chain model constructed from trajectories produced by satellite-tracked undrogued buoys from the NOAA Global Drifter Program.
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Detection of marine floating plastic using Sentinel-2 imagery and machine learning models [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 The increasing level of marine plastic pollution poses severe threats to the marine ecosystem and biodiversity. The present study attempted to explore the full functionality of open Sentinel satellite data and ML models for detecting and classifying floating plastic debris in Mytilene (Greece), Limassol (Cyprus), Calabria (Italy), and Beirut (Lebanon).
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Quantifying Transboundary Plastic Pollution in Marine Protected Areas Across the Mediterranean Sea
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Micro- and macro-plastics pollution is a growing threat for marine biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and consequently human wellbeing. Numerical models that consider main sources of plastics and simulate their dispersal characteristics are unique ...
Yannis Hatzonikolakis +8 more
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Spectral Analysis of Marine Debris in Simulated and Observed Sentinel-2/MSI Images using Unsupervised Classification [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Marine litter poses significant threats to marine and coastal environments, with its impacts ever-growing. Remote sensing provides an advantageous supplement to traditional mitigation techniques, such as local cleaning operations and trawl net surveys, due to its capabilities for extensive coverage and frequent observation.
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Pre-service teachers’ attitudes to and knowledge of marine plastic pollution and its impacts on the natural environment [PDF]
Marine plastic pollution is a pervasive worldwide problem, with over 17 million metric tons of plastic entering oceans annually. While education is key to addressing this issue, initial teacher education lags behind other types of education.
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Plastic pollution in the ocean [PDF]
, 2020 Plastic pollution in the ocean was first reported by scientists in the 1970s, yet in recent years it has drawn tremendous attention from the media, the public, and an increasing number of scientists spanning diverse fields, including polymer science ...
A. Hamid, Hazren +10 more
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FisHook -- An Optimized Approach to Marine Specie Classification using MobileNetV2 [PDF]
, 2023 Marine ecosystems are vital for the planet's health, but human activities such as climate change, pollution, and overfishing pose a constant threat to marine species. Accurate classification and monitoring of these species can aid in understanding their distribution, population dynamics, and the impact of human activities on them.
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Contaminants in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) exposed to plastic [PDF]
, 2016 Northern fulmars are seabirds which feed exclusively at sea, and as such, they are useful indicators of ocean health. Marine plastic pollution is an ever-increasing and global issue that affects the northern fulmar as they are frequently found to have ...
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