The exponential increase in the use of plastic in modern society and the inadequate
management of the resulting waste have led to its accumulation in the marine environment …

One of the recently recognised stressors in Arctic ecosystems concerns plastic litter. In this
study, juvenile polar cod (Boreogadus saida) were investigated for the presence of plastics …

Despite its remoteness, marine plastic pollution is a significant environmental problem in the
Arctic. In Svalbard, for example, plastics are found on the shorelines, in the water column, on …

The aim of this work was to provide evidence on the presence of microplastics (MPs) in
regurgitated Yellow-legged Gull pellets (n= 18) from Sfax salina (south-eastern Tunisia) …

The global crisis of plastic pollution, particularly involving microplastics (MPs) and
nanoplastics (NPs), has profound ecological implications. Birds, serving as bioindicators …

Plastic pollution is recognized as a serious threat to the marine environment by the UN, the
EU through the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Arctic council, the Nordic council …

Concern about pollution in the Arctic and growing environmental pressures across this
region gave rise to the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy in 1991, a circumpolar …

In August 2005, marine debris was counted on two Arctic beaches in the Russian Far East.
On the north coast of the Chukchi Peninsula east of Kolyuchin Bay, a beach stretch of ca. 2.4 …

This report compiles the available data on the indicators presented in the national
programme Plastics Roadmap for Finland 2.0, evaluates trends, and highlights gaps and …

Many human perturbations have the potential of destabilizing the present functioning of the
environment and marine plastic is one of them. Plastic debris was found everywhere on …