[HTML][HTML] There's something in the air: a review of sources, prevalence and behaviour of microplastics in the atmosphere

S O'Brien, C Rauert, F Ribeiro, ED Okoffo… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Literature regarding microplastics in the atmosphere has advanced in recent years.
However, studies have been undertaken in isolation with minimal collaboration and …

Micro (nano) plastics pollution and human health: How plastics can induce carcinogenesis to humans?

R Kumar, C Manna, S Padha, A Verma, P Sharma… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are key indicators of the plasticine era,
widely spread across different ecosystems. MPs and NPs become global stressors due to …

Microplastic pollution of worldwide lakes

J Dusaucy, D Gateuille, Y Perrette, E Naffrechoux - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies on microplastic (MP) pollution in lakes are recent, although the problem of MP
particles in the oceans was first discovered in the 1970s. The first study on lakes was …

Microplastic pollution in the Himalayas: Occurrence, distribution, accumulation and environmental impacts

A Talukdar, S Bhattacharya, A Bandyopadhyay… - Science of the total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have been reported from various ecosystems including lakes, ponds,
wetlands, mountains, and forests globally. Recent research works showed microplastic …

Effect of physical characteristics and hydrodynamic conditions on transport and deposition of microplastics in riverine ecosystem

R Kumar, P Sharma, A Verma, PK Jha, P Singh… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microplastic disposal into riverine ecosystems is an emergent ecological hazard that mainly
originated from land-based sources. This paper presents a comprehensive review on …

A review of atmospheric microplastics pollution: In-depth sighting of sources, analytical methods, physiognomies, transport and risks

J Munyaneza, Q Jia, FA Qaraah, MF Hossain… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Micro-sized plastics were first examined for atmospheric environment in 2016. From then on,
they have been detected in both indoor and outdoor atmospheric samples, with indoor …

Microplastic pollution in mountain terrains and foothills: A review on source, extraction, and distribution of microplastics in remote areas

S Padha, R Kumar, A Dhar, P Sharma - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution is a critical environmental concern that exists within different
mountain ecosystem compartments. This review paper highlights the source, sampling …

Distribution, characteristics, and risk assessments analysis of microplastics in shore sediments and surface water of Moheshkhali channel of Bay of Bengal …

S Al Nahian, MRJ Rakib, R Kumar, SMB Haider… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution in various ecosystems has gained significant attention across the
globe. Due to ubiquitous abundance, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems at regional scales …

[HTML][HTML] The fate of missing ocean plastics: Are they just a marine environmental problem?

A Isobe, S Iwasaki - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The fate of mismanaged plastic waste released into oceans (ocean plastics) remains a topic
of debate, where the mass imbalance between the leakage and abundance in the world's …

[HTML][HTML] Current status and future perspectives of microplastic pollution in typical cryospheric regions

Y Zhang, T Gao, S Kang, H Shi, L Mai, D Allen… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The cryosphere is the term used to describe the frozen areas of the Earth, including all forms
of snow and ice, which are primarily influenced by anthropogenic pollutants through …