Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment

D Allen, S Allen, S Abbasi, A Baker… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery of atmospheric micro (nano) plastic transport and ocean–atmosphere
exchange points to a highly complex marine plastic cycle, with negative implications for …

[HTML][HTML] There's something in the air: a review of sources, prevalence and behaviour of microplastics in the atmosphere

S O'Brien, C Rauert, F Ribeiro, ED Okoffo… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Literature regarding microplastics in the atmosphere has advanced in recent years.
However, studies have been undertaken in isolation with minimal collaboration and …

Microplastic pollution in soils, plants, and animals: a review of distributions, effects and potential mechanisms

X Chang, Y Fang, Y Wang, F Wang, L Shang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing production of synthetic plastics and poor management of plastic wastes have
dramatically increased the amount of plastics in the environment. In 2014, at the first United …

[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric micro (nano) plastics: future growing concerns for human health

MA Bhat, K Gedik, EO Gaga - Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2023 - Springer
Plastics are an integral but largely inconspicuous part of daily human routines. The present
review paper uses cross-disciplinary scientific literature to examine and assess the possible …

Airborne microplastic concentrations and deposition across the Weser River catchment

S Kernchen, MGJ Löder, F Fischer, D Fischer… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) appears to be omnipresent in the atmosphere, raising concerns about
dispersion across environmental compartments, ecological consequences and human …

Microplastics through the lens of colloid science

A Al Harraq, B Bharti - ACS Environmental Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microplastics are sub-millimeter-sized fragments of plastics and a relatively new class of
pollutant increasingly found in the environment. Due to their size and surface area to volume …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of tetracycline using CuCoFe2O4@ Chitosan as a new and green magnetic nanohybrid adsorbent from aqueous solutions: Isotherm, kinetic and …

A Nasiri, S Rajabi, A Amiri, M Fattahizade… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Utilizing a new microwave-assisted method, CuCoFe 2 O 4@ Chitosan (Ch) was
synthesized as a very strong, magnetically separable nano-adsorbent. The magnetic …

CuCoFe2O4@ MC/AC as a new hybrid magnetic nanocomposite for metronidazole removal from wastewater: Bioassay and toxicity of effluent

A Nasiri, S Rajabi, M Hashemi, H Nasab - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract CuCoFe 2 O 4@ MC/AC was synthesized as a highly powerful, magnetically
separable nano-adsorbent using a novel microwave-assisted technique using copper, iron …

Shape matters: long-range transport of microplastic fibers in the atmosphere

D Tatsii, S Bucci, T Bhowmick, J Guettler… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The deposition of airborne microplastic particles, including those exceeding 1000 μm in the
longest dimension, has been observed in the most remote places on earth. However, their …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in agricultural soils from a semi-arid region and their transport by wind erosion

M Rezaei, S Abbasi, H Pourmahmood… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the importance of agricultural soils, little is known about the fate of microplastics
(MPs) in this environment. In the present study, MPs have been determined in soils and wind …