Microbial decomposition of biodegradable plastics on the deep-sea floor

T Omura, N Isobe, T Miura, S Ishii, M Mori… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microbes can decompose biodegradable plastics on land, rivers and seashore. However, it
is unclear whether deep-sea microbes can degrade biodegradable plastics in the extreme …

[HTML][HTML] Industrialised fishing nations largely contribute to floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre

L Lebreton, SJ Royer, A Peytavin, WJ Strietman… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The subtropical oceanic gyre in the North Pacific Ocean is currently covered with tens of
thousands of tonnes of floating plastic debris, dispersed over millions of square kilometres. A …

[HTML][HTML] The fate of missing ocean plastics: Are they just a marine environmental problem?

A Isobe, S Iwasaki - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The fate of mismanaged plastic waste released into oceans (ocean plastics) remains a topic
of debate, where the mass imbalance between the leakage and abundance in the world's …

[HTML][HTML] Polymer material biodegradation in the deep sea. A review

A Chamley, C Baley, M Matabos, P Vannier… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of marine plastic pollution is now well-established, with documented
impacts on marine biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles. In order to mitigate this …

Stranded marine debris on the touristic beaches in the south of Bali Island, Indonesia: The spatiotemporal abundance and characteristic

Y Suteja, AS Atmadipoera, E Riani, IW Nurjaya… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stranded marine debris (MD) has become a hot topic on Bali Island because it threatens
coastal tourism sustainability. This study aims to investigate the spatiotemporal abundance …

Microplastics on the planet: current knowledge and challenges

LJ Bao, L Mai, LY Liu, XF Sun… - Environmental Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Microplastic (MP) pollution has become a global issue, attracting attention from stakeholders
around the globe. Knowledge of MPs has been substantially advanced in recent years …

Calcite carbonate sinks low-density plastic debris in open oceans

XF Sun, Y Zhang, MY **e, L Mai, EY Zeng - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
The vertical settling of plastic debris in oceans is poorly understood. A large share of low-
density microplastics (LDMPs) are largely absent from sea surfaces. The present study …

Journey to the deep: plastic pollution in the hadal of deep-sea trenches.

SM Abel, F Wu, S Primpke, G Gerdts, A Brandt - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
The global increase of plastic production, linked with an overall plastic misuse and waste
mismanagement, leads to an inevitable increase of plastic debris that ends up in our …

Plastic after an extreme storm: the typhoon-induced response of micro-and mesoplastics in coastal waters

R Nakajima, T Miyama, T Kitahashi, N Isobe… - Frontiers in marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Extreme storms, such as tropical cyclones, are responsible for a significant portion of the
plastic debris transported from land to sea yet little is known about the storm response of …