Microplastics in the environment: An urgent need for coordinated waste management policies and strategies

KTT Amesho, C Chinglenthoiba… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have become a prevalent environmental concern, exerting detrimental
effects on marine and terrestrial ecosystems, as well as human health. Addressing this …

Microplastics in coastal and oceanic surface waters and their role as carriers of pollutants of emerging concern in marine organisms

HC Ferreira, G Lôbo-Hajdu - Marine Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (Mps) pose a significant environmental challenge with global implications. To
examine the effect of Mps on coastal and oceanic surface waters, as well as in marine …

The pollution of microplastics in sediments of the Yangtze River Basin: Occurrence, distribution characteristics, and basin-scale multilevel ecological risk assessment

H Yang, F Sun, H Liao, Y Guo, T Pan, F Wu - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) pollution in the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) of China has grown to be a
serious issue, yet there is a lack of understanding of the environmental risks of MPs in the …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification and characterization of microplastics in coastal environments: Insights from laser direct infrared imaging

M Ghanadi, I Joshi, N Dharmasiri, JE Jaeger… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The study identified and quantified nine plastic polymers frequently detected in the
environment by collecting sediment and seawater samples from coastal areas in Auckland …

Microplastic pollution and ecological risk assessment of Yueqing Bay affected by intensive human activities

Y Wang, Z Zhong, X Chen, I Sokolova, L Ma… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are a widespread environmental problem posing ecological risks in the
ocean. We investigated the abundance, spatial distribution, characteristics and ecological …

Characterization of microplastics in clouds over Eastern China

X Xu, T Li, J Zhen, Y Jiang, X Nie, Y Wang… - … & Technology Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Airborne microplastics (MPs) have the potential to travel a long distance and undergo
several cloud processes through atmospheric transport. However, little is known about the …

Removal of the textile dyes by a resin adsorbent polymeric: Insight into optimization, kinetics and isotherms adsorption phenomenally

J Bensalah - Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to characterize the bioadsorbent present and how it can be used in
adsorption-based waste disposal of the toxic cationic dyes study as well, methylene blue …

Effects of microplastics on denitrification and associated N2O emission in estuarine and coastal sediments: insights from interactions between sulfate reducers and …

C Chen, G Yin, Q Li, Y Gu, D Sun, S An, X Liang, X Li… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Global estuarine and coastal zones are facing severe microplastics (MPs) pollution. Sulfate
reducers (SRB) and denitrifiers (DNB) are two key functional microorganisms in these …

Exploring marine biofouling on anthropogenic litter in the Atlantic coastline of Morocco

MR Abelouah, M Ben-Haddad, S Hajji, N Nouj… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Today, the world is increasingly concerned about marine litter and its interaction with marine
biodiversity. However, knowledge concerning the fouling organisms associated with marine …

Distribution, abundance, and risks posed by microplastics in surface waters of the Yangtze River Basin, China

H Yang, F Sun, H Liao, Y Guo, T Pan, F Wu… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution in the Yangtze River Basin, China, has become an
environmental issue of great concern. However, most studies on MPs have focused on a …