Toward the integrated marine debris observing system

N Maximenko, P Corradi, KL Law… - Frontiers in marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Plastics and other artificial materials pose new risks to health of the ocean. Anthropogenic
debris travels across large distances and is ubiquitous in the water and on the shorelines …

Remote detection of marine debris using satellite observations in the visible and near infrared spectral range: Challenges and potentials

C Hu - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the importance of remote detection of marine debris, nearly all published studies are
focused on either controlled experiments, or Sentinel-2 data with mixed band resolutions …

Is coastal erosion a source of marine litter pollution? Evidence of coastal dunes being a reservoir of plastics

U Andriolo, G Gonçalves - Marine pollution bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
This baseline reports scientific evidence of marine litter items embedded in the dune volume
at two study sites on the North Atlantic Portuguese coast. We described how stranded litter …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic detection and quantification of floating marine macro-litter in aerial images: Introducing a novel deep learning approach connected to a web …

O Garcia-Garin, T Monleón-Getino, P López-Brosa… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The threats posed by floating marine macro-litter (FMML) of anthropogenic origin to the
marine fauna, and marine ecosystems in general, are universally recognized. Dedicated …

Macroplastics in rivers: present knowledge, issues and challenges

H Al-Zawaidah, D Ravazzolo… - … Science: Processes & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Macroplastics are the primary contributor to riverine plastic pollution by mass, posing a wide
range of serious threats for riverine systems, from adversely affecting various life forms …

Measuring marine plastic debris from space: Initial assessment of observation requirements

V Martínez-Vicente, JR Clark, P Corradi, S Aliani… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sustained observations are required to determine the marine plastic debris mass balance
and to support effective policy for planning remedial action. However, observations currently …

Remotely sensing the source and transport of marine plastic debris in Bay Islands of Honduras (Caribbean Sea)

A Kikaki, K Karantzalos, CA Power, DE Raitsos - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plastic debris in the global ocean is considered an important issue with severe implications
for human health and marine ecosystems. Here, we exploited high-resolution multispectral …

Pansharpening PRISMA data for marine plastic litter detection using plastic indexes

M Kremezi, V Kristollari, V Karathanassi… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hyperspectral PRISMA images are new and have not yet been evaluated for their ability to
detect marine plastic litter. The hyperspectral PRISMA images have a fine spectral …

Observations of near‐surface current shear help describe oceanic oil and plastic transport

NJM Laxague, TM Özgökmen, BK Haus… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Plastics and spilled oil pose a critical threat to marine life and human health. As a result of
wind forcing and wave motions, theoretical and laboratory studies predict very strong …

Stranded marine debris on the touristic beaches in the south of Bali Island, Indonesia: The spatiotemporal abundance and characteristic

Y Suteja, AS Atmadipoera, E Riani, IW Nurjaya… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stranded marine debris (MD) has become a hot topic on Bali Island because it threatens
coastal tourism sustainability. This study aims to investigate the spatiotemporal abundance …