The global issues of climate change and marine litter are interlinked and understanding
these connections are key to managing their combined risks to marine biodiversity and …

Microplastics (MP) are an emerging and lesser-known pollutant that has attracted the
attention of researchers around the world in recent decades. Size of PM is smaller than 5 …

Aquaculture provides livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people, but it also forms a
significant source of plastic litter that poses a serious hazard to aquatic ecosystems. How to …

Coastal wetlands trap plastics from terrestrial and marine sources, but the stocks of plastics
and their impacts on coastal wetlands are poorly known. We evaluated the stocks, fate, and …

In recent decades, environmental pollution from microplastic (MPs:< 5 mm) and climate
change have received international attention. However, these two issues have been …

Mangroves receive microplastics (MPs) from terrestrial, marine and atmospheric sources,
acting as a huge filter for environmental MPs between land and sea. Due to the high primary …

Southeast Asia is considered to have some of the highest levels of marine plastic pollution in
the world. It is therefore vitally important to increase our understanding of the impacts and …

Nature-based coastal protection is increasingly recognised as a potentially sustainable and
cost-effective solution to reduce coastal flood risk. It uses coastal ecosystems such as …

Marine litter and microplastic pollution in mangroves pose significant threats. This study of
litter in Omani mangroves revealed an average density of 0.83 to 21.92 items/m 2. Quriyat …

A new report commissioned by WWF provides the most comprehensive account to date of
the extent to which plastic pollution is affecting the global ocean, the impacts it's having on …