Microplastic pollution, an emerging pollution issue, has become a significant environmental
concern globally due to its ubiquitous, persistent, complex, toxic, and ever-increasing nature …

The widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in aquatic environments has become a
significant concern, with freshwater sediments acting as terminal sinks, rapidly picking up …

With an increasing quantity of plastic waste being discharged into the oceans, marine
microplastic (MP) pollution has received widespread attention. However, the global …

Microplastic pollution is widespread in terrestrial and aquatic environments; however, a
systematic assessment of the ecological risks of microplastics is lacking. This study collected …

Dam reservoirs can strongly influence the spatial distribution of sediment pollution by
microplastics (MP). The Villerest reservoir (Loire River, 36 km long) is a good candidate to …

The occurrence of microplastics (MPs) pollution in sediments has brought huge challenges
to the development of society. Pollution control of MPs in sediments has become an …

Microcystins are highly toxic cyanotoxins and have been produced worldwide with the
global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms (HABs), posing serious threats to human …

Microplastic contamination in the sediment of marine bays has attracted widespread
attention, whereas the distribution, sedimentation, morphology and risk of microplastics at …

Hydropower dams impact the transport of microplastics from rivers to the ocean. The
Yangtze River is a large source of plastics to the ocean. Here, we report microplastic …

China plays a key role in global plastic production, consumption and disposal, which
arouses growing concern about microplastics (MPs) contamination in Chinese freshwater …