Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human
activity, such as the deep seafloor. In this Review, we describe the sources and impacts of …

Microplastics and nanoplastics have become emerging particulate anthropogenic pollutants
and rapidly turned into a field of growing scientific and public interest. These tiny plastic …

Plastic pollution accumulating in an area of the environment is considered “poorly
reversible” if natural mineralization processes occurring there are slow and engineered …

Microplastic pollution is a recently discovered threat to ecosystems requiring the
development of new analytical methods. Here, we review classical and advanced methods …

Microplastic pollution research has suffered from inadequate data and tools for spectral
(Raman and infrared) classification. Spectral matching tools often are not accurate for …

Awareness of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments increased strongly during the
last decade. Environmental monitoring studies detected microplastic items in every tested …

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been extensively used in microplastic
(MP) pollution research since 2004. The aim of this review is to discuss and highlight the …

Microplastics are a widespread contaminant found not only in various natural habitats but
also in drinking waters. With spectroscopic methods, the polymer type, number, size, and …

Raman spectroscopy is gaining ground in the analysis of microplastics, especially due to its
high spatial resolution that allows the investigation of small plastic particles, whose numeric …

Synthetic microfibers are universally recognized as an emerging pollutant in all ecosystems.
The present investigation focuses on the evaluation and quantification of synthetic microfiber …