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Plastics in soil description and surveys – practical considerations and field guide
Frontiers in Soil Science, 2022 A growing evidence base has shown that plastics are widely distributed in soils and could have negative effects on soil functions. However, within international standards for soil description, plastics are handled so far as one part of human-made ...
Collin J. Weber
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A pilot study about microplastics and mesoplastics in an Antarctic glacier [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2021 Abstract. Plastics have been found in several compartments in Antarctica. However, there is currently no evidence of their presence on Antarctic glaciers. Our pilot study investigated plastic occurrence on two ice surfaces (one area around Uruguay Lake and another one around Ionosferico Lake) that constitute part of the ablation zone of Collins Glacier
M. González-Pleiter +8 more
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Underwater Macroplastic Detection Using Imaging Sonars
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Plastic pollution in the ocean occurs mainly via riverine transport. In rivers, plastic is pervasive in sediments and in the water column. Monitoring of floating plastics in rivers is time consuming as it is usually collected using nets and classified by
Natasha Y. Flores +3 more
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Categorization of plastic debris on sixty-six beaches of the Laurentian Great Lakes, North America
Environmental Research Letters, 2022 The Laurentian Great Lakes system is a major global sink for plastic debris. An area of 10 m ^2 on each of sixty-six Great Lakes beaches was sampled for large micro-, meso- and macroplastic items.
Ian A Arturo, Patricia L Corcoran
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Fragmentation of macroplastics into microplastics in the marine environment is probably one of the processes that have generated most drive for developing the microplastics research field.
Karin Mattsson +3 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Despite recent advances in remote sensing of large accumulations of floating plastic debris, mainly in coastal regions, the quantification of individual macroplastic objects (>50 cm) remains challenging.
Robin de Vries +3 more
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Hydrology, 2020 The release of plastics in freshwater is an increasing concern for ecosystem safety worldwide. There is a large knowledge gap on plastic pollution in Mediterranean freshwater, especially regarding surveys along entire river courses, partly due to the ...
Luca Gallitelli +6 more
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GeoHealth, Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2023., 2023 Abstract The protection and management of water resources continues to be challenged by multiple and ongoing factors such as shifts in demographic, social, economic, and public health requirements. Physical limitations placed on access to potable supplies include natural and human‐caused factors such as aquifer depletion, aging infrastructure ...
Susan T. Glassmeyer +10 more
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Short‐term plastisphere colonization dynamics across six plastic types
Environmental Microbiology, Volume 25, Issue 12, Page 2732-2745, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Marine plastic pollution is a major concern worldwide, but the understanding of plastisphere dynamics remains limited in the southern hemisphere. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted a study in South Australia to investigate the prokaryotic community of the plastisphere and its temporal changes over 4 weeks.
Vinuri Silva +2 more
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Assessing Zayandeh-Rud Coasts Pollution with Plastic Wastes Based on Clean-Coast Index [PDF]
محیط زیست و مهندسی آبPlastic pollution is an important emerging environmental problem with possible impacts on biodiversity and human health. Although the majority of the scholarly attention in this field has been directed to oceans, plastic pollution has not been fully ...
Mokarrameh Behmanesh +2 more
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