Effects of microplastics on fish and in human health

MS Bhuyan - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microplastics (MPs) are regarded as a global issue due to their toxicity effects on fish and
humans. Fish is a vital origin of human protein, which is necessary for body growth …

Microplastic pollution as a grand challenge in marine research: A closer look at their adverse impacts on the immune and reproductive systems

M Sharifinia, ZA Bahmanbeigloo… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution of the marine environment is now a growing global concern
posing a threat to a variety of species through the ingestion and transfer within food webs …

A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation

JE Herbert-Read, A Thornton, DJ Amon… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
The biodiversity of marine and coastal habitats is experiencing unprecedented change.
While there are well-known drivers of these changes, such as overexploitation, climate …

Climate change drives expansion of Antarctic ice-free habitat

JR Lee, B Raymond, TJ Bracegirdle, I Chadès… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity occurs almost exclusively in ice-free areas that cover less
than 1% of the continent. Climate change will alter the extent and configuration of ice-free …

Antarctic marine biodiversity: adaptations, environments and responses to change

LS Peck - Oceanography and Marine Biology, 2018 - library.oapen.org
Animals living in the Southern Ocean have evolved in a singular environment. It shares
many of its attributes with the high Arctic, namely low, stable temperatures, the pervading …

[HTML][HTML] Bioaccumulation, microbiome composition and immunity, and epigenetic signatures associated with exposure to spherical, fibrous, and fragmented …

K Park, WS Kim, JW Park, TH Kim, IS Kwak - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution has become a major global concern due to the widespread use
and discharge of plastics into the environment. However, very few studies have assessed …

Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

TE Davies, APB Carneiro, M Tarzia… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The conservation of migratory marine species, including pelagic seabirds, is challenging
because their movements span vast distances frequently beyond national jurisdictions …

Antarctica: The final frontier for marine biological invasions

AH McCarthy, LS Peck, KA Hughes… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctica is experiencing significant ecological and environmental change, which may
facilitate the establishment of non‐native marine species. Non‐native marine species will …

Is it time for synthetic biodiversity conservation?

AJ Piaggio, G Segelbacher, PJ Seddon… - Trends in ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
Evidence indicates that, despite some critical successes, current conservation approaches
are not slowing the overall rate of biodiversity loss. The field of synthetic biology, which is …

[HTML][HTML] A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination

MJF Brown, LV Dicks, RJ Paxton, KCR Baldock… - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Licence This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation …