The global issues of climate change and marine litter are interlinked and understanding
these connections are key to managing their combined risks to marine biodiversity and …

Marine plastic pollution is present in all oceans, including remote oceanic islands. Despite
the increasing number of articles on plastic pollution in the last years, there is still a lack of …

Floating microplastic in the oceans is known to accumulate in the subtropical ocean gyres,
but unclear is still what causes that accumulation. We investigate the role of various physical …

Microplastic pellets (MPPs) are ubiquitous contaminants, recognised as a serious threat to
the biota in coastal, estuarine and marine environment. The distribution, abundance …

Qualitative analysis of the structures of the polymers composing floating plastic debris was
performed using attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR …

Floating persistent debris, primarily made from plastic, disperses long distances from source
areas and accumulates in oceanic gyres. However, biofouling can increase the density of …

Plastic debris is the most common and exponentially increasing human pollutant in the
world's ocean. The distribution and impact of plastic in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans have …

Most plastic debris floating at sea is thought to come from land-based sources, but there is
little direct evidence to support this assumption. Since 1984, stranded debris has been …

We assessed amounts, composition and net accumulation rates every~ 15 days of beach
macro litter (≥ 2.5 cm) on 4 Mediterranean beaches, on Corfu island, N. Ionian Sea, taking …

Microplastic research has mainly concentrated on open seas, while riverine plumes remain
largely unexplored despite their hypothesized importance as a microplastic source to …