There have been numerous studies that have identified the presence of low-density
microplastics (MPs) in the water column and sediments. The focus of current MPs research …

Plastics become rapidly colonized by microbes when released into marine environments.
This microbial community—the Plastisphere—has recently sparked a multitude of scientific …

The fate of plastics that enter the ocean is a longstanding puzzle. Recent estimates of the
oceanic input of plastic are one to two orders of magnitude larger than the amount measured …

Plastic floating at the ocean surface, estimated at tens to hundreds of thousands of metric
tons, represents only a small fraction of the estimated several million metric tons annually …

Environmental contamination due to solid waste mismanagement is a global issue. Open
dumping and open burning are the main implemented waste treatment and final disposal …

Marine plastic debris floating on the ocean surface is a major environmental problem.
However, its distribution in the ocean is poorly mapped, and most of the plastic waste …

Although the study of microplastics in the aquatic environment incorporates a diversity of
research fields, it is still in its infancy in many aspects while comparable topics have been …

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) is a spectroscopy technique widely used to identify organic
materials. It has recently gained popularity in microplastic (MP) pollution research to …

Microplastic (MP) contamination in fish species is one of the emerging environmental
problems due to the proliferation of plastic pollution in the environment. The occurrence of …

Contamination with anthropogenic debris, such as plastic and paint particles, has been
widely investigated in the global marine environment. However, there is a lack of information …