Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

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 …

Abstract Currently, 60–80% of litter is plastic, and almost 10% ends up in the ocean directly
or indirectly. Plastics often suffer from photooxidation producing microplastics and these …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is the largest semi-enclosed sea and one of the worst
affected regional seas with sub-basin scale heterogeneity in plastics concentration. Few …

This work studied the accumulation of plastic debris in a remote beach located in La
Graciosa island (Chinijo archipelago, Canary Islands). Microplastics were sampled in the 1 …

Microplastics are small plastic particles (< 5 mm) that are found in most marine habitats
around the world. Currently, several studies are trying to determine their exact effects …

Sandy beaches connect the land and sea, providing unique ecosystem services.
Approximately 40% of the world's population lives within 100 km of the coast (UN indicators …

The rapid identification of beached marine micro-plastics is essential for the determination of
the source of pollution and for planning the most effective strategies for remediation. In this …

In late May 2021, the M/V X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire while anchored 18 km off
the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka and spilled upward of 70 billion pieces of plastic or …

We investigated the accumulation of litter along a transition gradient from the dunal beaches
(B), to the backdunes (BD), to the channels of a coastal wetland (W), considering both the …