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

The global prevalence of microplastics (MPs) poses a potential threat and unpredictable risk
to the function and health of environmental systems. However, the research progress of soil …

Microfibers are ubiquitous contaminants of emerging concern. Traditionally ascribed to the
“microplastics” family, their widespread occurrence in the natural environment is commonly …

Microfibers are emerging pollutants with widespread distribution in the environment and
have adverse ecological impacts. Approximately 2 million tonnes of microfibers are released …

Understanding the fate of plastics in the environment is of critical importance for the
quantitative assessment of the biological impacts of plastic waste. Specially, there is a need …

Despite the relatively rich literature on the omnipresence of microplastics in marine
environments, the current status and ecological impacts of microplastics on global Marine …

Microplastic fibers, also known as microfibers, are the most abundant microplastic forms
found in the environment. Microfibers are released in massive numbers from textile …

Microplastics are increasingly recognized as ubiquitous global contaminants, but questions
linger regarding their source, transport and fate. We document the widespread distribution of …

Microplastic contamination in the environment is a global problem, as evidenced by the
increasing amount of research worldwide. To our knowledge, this study is the first to …

Recently, efforts to determine the ecological impacts of microplastic pollutants have
increased because of plastic's accelerated contamination of the environment. The tiny size …