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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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Underestimated activity-based microplastic intake under scenario-specific exposures
Environmental Science and EcotechnologyDespite increasing alarms over the health impacts of microplastics (MPs) due to their detection in human organs and feces, precise exposure evaluations remain scarce.
Kai Liu +5 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2020 Marine debris represents a major threat for the environment. Plastic production is increasing exponentially and causing an unprecedented growth of plastic pollution entering the marine environment.
Arianna Olivelli +2 more
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Rapid Landscape Changes in Plastic Bays Along the Norwegian Coastline
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The Norwegian Coastal Current transports natural debris and plastic waste along the Norwegian coastline. Deposition occurs in so-called wreck-bays and includes floating debris, such as seaweed, driftwood and volcanic pumice, and increasing amounts of ...
Eivind Bastesen +8 more
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A learning approach for river debris detection
International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2022 Plastic pollution in the sea is an environmental hazard, negatively impacts marine life, and causes economic damage all over the world. It is estimated that each year 8 million tonnes of plastic are deposited in seas, the vast majority coming from rivers.
Àlex Solé Gómez +2 more
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Plastic debris characteristics and the effect of wind on Bawean Island Beaches, East Java, Indonesia
Depik JurnalCharacteristics of plastic debris were assessed among two types of beaches on Bawean Island (windward and leeward) to analyze its sources and long-term effects.
Nurhafizh Sri Albarra +5 more
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Understanding the Fragmentation Pattern of Marine Plastic Debris [PDF]
Environmental Science & Technology, 2016 The global estimation of microplastic afloat in the ocean is only approximately 1% of annual global plastic inputs. This reflects fundamental knowledge gaps in the transformation, fragmentation, and fates of microplastics in the ocean. In order to better understand microplastic fragmentation we proceeded to a thorough physicochemical characterization ...
ter Halle, Alexandra +8 more
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A distributed energy-balance melt model of an alpine debris-covered glacier [PDF]
, 2014 Distributed energy-balance melt models have rarely been applied to glaciers with extensive supraglacial debris cover. This paper describes the development of a distributed melt model and its application to the debris-covered Miage glacier, western ...
Kirkbride, M. +23 more
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Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2023 Plastic debris within marine environments is an issue of global concern, leading to commitments at international, regional, and national scales to remove plastics from the environment and prevent further entry.
Jordan Gacutan +4 more
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Recycling of Marine Plastic Debris
, 2021 Although marine debris has been accumulating for many decades, only during the last three the accumulation of millions of waste tons at seas and oceans has generated interest and concern of scientists and governments. While marine debris may present different origins and nature, polymers lead in abundance.
Peña Rodríguez, Cristina +5 more
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