Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

By D. Barnes, F. Galgani, Richard C. Thompson, M. Barlaz. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2009

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean (2021, background): “In areas with little or no rainfall, wind can still mobilize and transport littered plastic waste on land, particularly from open-air landfills (35).”
Plastic debris in the open ocean (2014, background): “However, the intense consumption and rapid disposal of plastic products is leading to a visible accumulation of plastic debris (2).”
Microplastics in sediments: A review of techniques, occurrence and effects. (2015, background): “…with industrial spillages (EPA, 1992) and the use of cosmetics (Fendall and Sewell, 2009; 61 Zitko and Hanlon, 1991), the latter (secondary microplastics) are formed through the action of 62 degrading forces such as UV radiation and physical abrasion (Barnes et al., 2009; Cole et al., 2011).”
Microplastics in the Antarctic marine system: An emerging area of research. (2017, positive): “Of increasing concern is pollution in the form of floating macroplastic (Barnes et al., 2009, 2010), which has impacts through, for example, entanglement and ingestion by marine predators (Van Franeker and Bell, 1988; Huin and Croxall, 1996; Waluda and Staniland, 2013; Ryan et al., 2016) and…”
Frequency of Microplastics in Mesopelagic Fishes from the Northwest Atlantic (2018, background): “As a consequence of decades of marine litter entering our seas (Ryan, 2015), microplastics have been found in coastal and pelagic environments around the globe with an ever increasing distribution (Barnes et al., 2009; Galgani et al., 2015).”