Climate change and extreme weather events (such as droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and
floods) pose serious challenges for water management, in terms of both water resources …

Microplastics are a pollutant of growing concern, capable of harming aquatic organisms and
entering the food web. While freshwater microplastic research has expanded in recent …

Plastic floating at the ocean surface, estimated at tens to hundreds of thousands of metric
tons, represents only a small fraction of the estimated several million metric tons annually …

Abstract Microplastics (< 5 mm) have become an environmental hazard to natural
ecosystems and humanity due to their ubiquitous presence in the environment, and possess …

As two pollutants with similar transport pathways, microplastics (MPs) and antibiotics (ATs)
inevitably co-exist in water environments, and their interaction has become a topic of intense …

Pollution with microplastics has become an environmental concern worldwide. Yet, little
information is available on the distribution of microplastics in lakes. Lake Ziway is one of the …

The air pollution in Jakarta has been recorded regularly; meanwhile, the information of
atmospheric microplastics is still unknown. This study examines the characteristics (shape …

The ever-increasing presence of microplastics in many environmental components has
been a cause of worry for humanity due to their small size and potential health risk. Since …

Microplastics (MPs) are increasingly entering the urban aquatic ecosystems, and the
environmental significance and health risks of plastisphere, a special biofilm on MPs, have …

Abstract Microplastics (< 5 mm)(MPs) are widely distributed throughout the world, and their
accumulation and migration in the environment have caused health and safety concerns …