Emerging threats of microplastics on marine environment: A critical review of toxicity measurement, policy practice gap and future research direction

T Biswas, SC Pal - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The concentration of microplastics (MPs) in the ocean is increasing at an alarming rate,
which has created numerous hazardous issues for the marine animals and micro …

Role of soil microplastic pollution in climate change

RW Chia, JY Lee, M Lee, GS Lee, CD Jeong - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, environmental pollution from microplastic (MPs:< 5 mm) and climate
change have received international attention. However, these two issues have been …

Seasonal variation in plastic litter pollution in mangroves from two remote tropical estuaries of the Colombian Pacific

O Garcés-Ordóñez, V Castillo-Olaya… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mangroves in estuaries are highly vulnerable to the impacts of plastic litter pollution,
because their location at river mouths and the high capacity of mangrove trees to trap plastic …

Do coral reefs act as sinks for microplastics?

MO Soares, L Rizzo, AX Neto, Y Barros… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution has been detected in coral reefs, raising concerns regarding its
global impact. Although they cover a small portion (< 1%) of the total area of the world's …

Distinct microplastics abundance variation in root-associated sediments revealed the underestimation of mangrove microplastics pollution

T Li, Y Wang, M Jiao, Z Zhao, R Li, C Qin - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Mangrove sediment is acknowledged as the critical sink of microplastics (MPs). However,
the potential effect of mangrove root systems on the MPs migration in sediment remains …

Insight into the role of niche concept in deciphering the ecological drivers of MPs-associated bacterial communities in mangrove forest

Y Wang, M Jiao, Z Zhao, Y Wang, T Li, Y Wei, R Li… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Myriad inherent and variable environmental features are controlling the assembly and
succession of bacterial communities colonizing on mangrove microplastics (MPs). However …

Dynamic fluctuations in plant leaf interception of airborne microplastics

M Jiao, Y Wang, F Yang, Z Zhao, Y Wei, R Li… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plant leaves have been demonstrated to be a crucial sink of airborne microplastics (MPs).
However, because of the particular shape of MPs and their relatively weak forces with …

Microplastics sequestered in the soil affect the turnover and stability of soil aggregates: A review

T Ju, K Yang, L Chang, K Zhang, X Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic products have become ubiquitous in society, and entered various ecosystems due to
the massive scale of production. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has …

Responses of mangrove (Kandelia obovata) growth, photosynthesis, and rhizosphere soil properties to microplastic pollution

M Chai, R Li, B Li, H Wu, L Yu - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we used Kandelia obovata to explore the toxicities of three typical MPs in
mangroves: polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyvinylchloride. MPs were mixed into soils …

Secreted salt and hydrodynamic factors combine to affect dynamic fluctuations of microplastics on mangrove leaves

Y Wei, M Jiao, Z Zhao, L Tang, Y Wang, J Deng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mangrove leaves have been acknowledged as crucial sink for coastal microplastics (MPs).
Whereas, the temporal dynamics of MPs intercepted by mangrove leaves have remained …