The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris
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 …
However, its distribution in the ocean is poorly mapped, and most of the plastic waste …
On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array
The Argo Program has been implemented and sustained for almost two decades, as a
global array of about 4000 profiling floats. Argo provides continuous observations of ocean …
global array of about 4000 profiling floats. Argo provides continuous observations of ocean …
Finding plastic patches in coastal waters using optical satellite data
Satellites collecting optical data offer a unique perspective from which to observe the
problem of plastic litter in the marine environment, but few studies have successfully …
problem of plastic litter in the marine environment, but few studies have successfully …
The quest for seafloor macrolitter: a critical review of background knowledge, current methods and future prospects
The seafloor covers some 70% of the Earth's surface and has been recognised as a major
sink for marine litter. Still, litter on the seafloor is the least investigated fraction of marine …
sink for marine litter. Still, litter on the seafloor is the least investigated fraction of marine …
Cleaning up without messing up: maximizing the benefits of plastic clean-up technologies through new regulatory approaches
As the global plastics crisis grows, numerous technologies have been invented and
implemented to recover plastic pollution from the environment. Although laudable …
implemented to recover plastic pollution from the environment. Although laudable …
MARIDA: A benchmark for Marine Debris detection from Sentinel-2 remote sensing data
Currently, a significant amount of research is focused on detecting Marine Debris and
assessing its spectral behaviour via remote sensing, ultimately aiming at new operational …
assessing its spectral behaviour via remote sensing, ultimately aiming at new operational …
Taco: Trash annotations in context for litter detection
PF Proença, P Simões - arxiv preprint arxiv:2003.06975, 2020 - arxiv.org
TACO is an open image dataset for litter detection and segmentation, which is growing
through crowdsourcing. Firstly, this paper describes this dataset and the tools developed to …
through crowdsourcing. Firstly, this paper describes this dataset and the tools developed to …
Floating marine litter detection algorithms and techniques using optical remote sensing data: A review
Abstract Floating Marine Litter (FML) are mainly plastics or synthetic polymers that float on
the sea surface after being deliberately discarded or unintentionally lost along beaches …
the sea surface after being deliberately discarded or unintentionally lost along beaches …
[HTML][HTML] Beach litter survey by drones: Mini-review and discussion of a potential standardization
The abundance of beach litter has been increasing globally during the last decades, and it is
an issue of global concern. A new survey strategy, based on uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV …
an issue of global concern. A new survey strategy, based on uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV …
Machine learning for aquatic plastic litter detection, classification and quantification (APLASTIC-Q)
Large quantities of mismanaged plastic waste are polluting and threatening the health of the
blue planet. As such, vast amounts of this plastic waste found in the oceans originates from …
blue planet. As such, vast amounts of this plastic waste found in the oceans originates from …