River microplastic contamination and dynamics upon a rainfall event in Hong Kong, China

PK Cheung, PL Hung, L Fok - Environmental Processes, 2019 - Springer
… samples although 342.2 billion microbeads were estimated to be emitted to Hong Kong
the river surface samples in this study were collected after a rainfall event; the microplastic

Impacts of extreme weather events on microplastic distribution in coastal environments

CKH Cheung, C Not - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
precipitation and a larger discharge from Pearl River Delta, … dynamic microplastic transfer
may take place upon intensified weather forces. Meanwhile, to alleviate coastal plastic pollution

A systematic study of microplastic occurrence in urban water networks of a metropolis

K Zhang, S Xu, Y Zhang, Y Lo, M Liu, Y Ma, HS Chau… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
… in Hong Kong, which is a metropolitan city in south China. The … Rivers were believed to be
one of the most important … estimation of their contributions to microplastic pollution in the sea. …

Microplastic reorganization in urban river before and after rainfall

Y Wei, P Dou, D Xu, Y Zhang, B Gao - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
rainfall event from the Qing River, which is a typical urban … compared with that of other urban
rivers in China (Table 1). … of our study was a dynamic river, while other studies investigated …

Microplastics pollution in the rivers of a metropolitan city and its estimated dependency on surrounding developed land

HM Liu, EPM Grist, XY Xu, HS Lo, ACY Wong… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
… distribution of river microplastics was highly dynamic after rainfall. … The map of Hong Kong
shows the study area and the … River and Maozhou River in China, but lower than in Saigon …

Real-time variabilities in microplastic abundance and characteristics of urban surface runoff and sewer overflow in wet weather as impacted by land use and storm …

X Sun, Q Jia, J Ye, Y Zhu, Z Song, Y Guo… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
… megacity of China and identified the impacts of storm factors … Hongkong River, there was
almost a doubling of microplastic … of storm factors and land use types on the real-time dynamic

Microplastics and heavy metals in a tropical river: Understanding spatial and seasonal trends and developing response strategies using DPSIR framework

AT Ta, S Babel - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
contaminated with heavy metals in one of the SEA's largest … 2(A) shows the variability
of MP levels by seasons in the … The lowest rainfall is observed in December and January, …

Microplastics in urban runoff: Global occurrence and fate

C Wang, D O'Connor, L Wang, WM Wu, J Luo, D Hou - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
… Public concerns on microplastic (MP) pollution and its prevalence in … Furthermore, the MP
flux through urban runoff into rivers, lakes and … and dynamic processes of MPs in urban runoff. …

Dispersal and transport of microplastic particles under different flow conditions in riverine ecosystem

X Lu, X Wang, X Liu, VP Singh - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution is a global issue owing to its … obtained from the China Yangtze
River Water Resources Commission… river flows and sediment concentration reflect the dynamic

[HTML][HTML] The Effect of Weathering Conditions in Combination with Natural Phenomena/Disasters on Microplastics' Transport from Aquatic Environments to Agricultural …

MP Belioka, DS Achilias - Microplastics, 2024 - mdpi.com
microplastic contamination is critical, as extreme weather … dynamic temporal distribution of
river microplastics following … in China, for instance, raised the amount of microplastics in the …