Marine plastic debris floating on the ocean surface is a major environmental problem.
However, its distribution in the ocean is poorly mapped, and most of the plastic waste …

The effects of microplastics (MP) on aquatic organisms are currently the subject of intense
research. Here, we provide a critical perspective on published studies of MP ingestion by …

Microplastic pollution of the marine environment has received increasing attention from
scientists, the public, and policy makers over the last few years. Marine microplastics …

Laboratory-based studies have suggested that marine organisms can be harmed by
ingesting microplastics. However, unless the current and future microplastic abundance in …

Microplastic debris floating at the ocean surface can harm marine life. Understanding the
severity of this harm requires knowledge of plastic abundance and distributions. Dozens of …

Marine debris, mostly consisting of plastic, is a global problem, negatively impacting wildlife,
tourism and shipping. However, despite the durability of plastic, and the exponential …

With the increasing number of data produced by numerical ocean models, so increases the
need for efficient tools to analyse these data. One of these tools is Lagrangian ocean …

Polypropylene, low-density polyethylene, and high-density polyethylene pre-production
plastic pellets were weathered for three years in three experimental treatments: dry/sunlight …

The analysis of microplastics in various environmental samples requires the identification of
microplastics from natural materials. The identification technique lacks a standardized …

Drift of floating debris is studied with a 2D Lagrangian model with stochastic beaching and
sedimentation of plastics. An ensemble of> 10 10 virtual particles is tracked from …