Plastics and the Environment

IE Napper, RC Thompson - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Plastics are persistent and pervasive throughout the environment and have now been
reported from the deepest parts of the ocean to the tops of the highest and most remote …

From riverbank to the sea: An initial assessment of plastic pollution along the Ciliwung River, Indonesia

MR Cordova, MR Kelly, M Hafizt, SPA Wibowo… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of anthropogenic debris on the
riverbanks of the Ciliwung River, covering upstream to downstream areas. The mean of …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the coupling coordination between the marine economy and urban resilience of major coastal cities in China

Y Liu, L Han, Z Pei, Y Jiang - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Exploring the coordinated relationship between the marine economy and urban resilience
can help improve urban resilience and the quality of the marine economy. Based on panel …

Potential Threat of Microplastic Pollution on Coastal-Marine Ecosystem–An Emerging Economic Setback and Question to Blue Economy?

U Dey, S Chell, M Mondal, K Das, D Raj… - Earth Systems and …, 2024 - Springer
Microplastics (MPs) are impacting coastal and ocean ecosystem and also have been linked
with 'blue economy', which accounts major portion to the total economy of a nation. The …

Effects of microplastics on denitrification and associated N2O emission in estuarine and coastal sediments: insights from interactions between sulfate reducers and …

C Chen, G Yin, Q Li, Y Gu, D Sun, S An, X Liang, X Li… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Global estuarine and coastal zones are facing severe microplastics (MPs) pollution. Sulfate
reducers (SRB) and denitrifiers (DNB) are two key functional microorganisms in these …

[HTML][HTML] Marine litter education: From awareness to action

S Bettencourt, DN Freitas, C Lucas, S Costa… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine litter is a global problem. Education has been acclaimed as a potential tool to tackle
this issue, yet, integrative, student-centered, and over weeks studies to raise awareness on …

Impacts of offshore wind power development on China's marine economy and environment: A study from 2006 to 2019

G Liu, Z Kong, W Sun, J Li, Z Qi, C Wu, C Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Utilizing a fixed-effects model and the Difference-in-Differences method, this research
delves into the significant impacts of Offshore Wind Power development on China's marine …

Citizen scientists study beach litter along 12,000 km of the East Pacific coast: A baseline for the International Plastic Treaty

D De Veer, J Baeza-Álvarez, S Bolaños, SC Araya… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Anthropogenic Marine Litter (AML) accumulating on beaches causes damage to
coastal ecosystems and high costs to local communities. Volunteers sampled AML on 130 …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in citizen influencing willingness to participate in marine debris management and social well-being in Bali metropolitan, Indonesia

S Suhardono, CH Lee, IWK Suryawan - Urban Governance, 2024 - Elsevier
In Bali, the high volume of tourists significantly contributes to marine debris, particularly
plastics, which threatens the ecological health of beaches and marine life, impacting both …

A temporal assessment of anthropogenic marine debris on sandy beaches from Ecuador's southern coast

JA Salazar, R Gonzalez, AL Navarrete… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenic marine debris (AMD) is an environmental pollution that affects marine life,
human health, wellbeing, and the economy. This marine litter can deposit in the coastlines …