[HTML][HTML] Plastic waste and microplastic issues in Southeast Asia

CH Ng, MA Mistoh, SH Teo, A Galassi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Plastic pollution on land and in oceans is currently a pressing environmental issue. The
accumulation of waste has caused severe, irreversible impacts and consequences on …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic-microbe interaction in the marine environment: Research methods and opportunities

JKZ Xiang, S Bairoliya, ZT Cho, B Cao - Environment International, 2023 - Elsevier
Approximately 9 million metric tons of plastics enters the ocean annually, and once in the
marine environment, plastic surfaces can be quickly colonised by marine microorganisms …

Mangroves in the “Plasticene”: High exposure of coastal mangroves to anthropogenic litter pollution along the Central-West coast of India

K De, S Sautya, GU Dora, S Gaikwad, D Katke… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic litter is a ubiquitous stressor in the global ocean, and poses ominous threats
to oceanic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. At the terrestrial-ocean interface, tropical …

Moving towards open data, public access, and information sharing to combat marine plastics pollution in the Philippines and the Southeast Asian region

RC Alindayu II, LOC Licnachan, RL Luzadas… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the consistent tagging of countries in Southeast Asia as among the top polluters of
plastics in the oceans and the increasing local literature documenting the presence and …

Spatio-temporal variation and seasonal dynamics of stranded beach anthropogenic debris on Indonesian beach from the results of nationwide monitoring

MR Cordova, MR Iskandar, A Muhtadi, R Saville… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
The first stranded macrodebris study on a national scale in Indonesia was conducted on 18
beaches from February 2018 to December 2019. The average weight and abundance of …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions between marine megafauna and plastic pollution in Southeast Asia

LCM Omeyer, EM Duncan, NAS Abreo… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Southeast (SE) Asia is a highly biodiverse region, yet it is also estimated to cumulatively
contribute a third of the total global marine plastic pollution. This threat is known to have …

First report of marine debris in Car Nicobar, a remote oceanic Island in the Nicobar archipelago, Bay of Bengal

R Kiruba-Sankar, K Saravanan, S Adamala… - Regional Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study forms the first record to systematically quantify and classify the marine debris from
Car Nicobar Island. Car Nicobar is a small remotely located Island in the Nicobar …

[HTML][HTML] Expansion of Toxic Algal Blooms in Coastal and Marine Areas in the Philippines and Malaysia: Is It Climate Change Related?

RV Azanza, AT Yñiguez, DF Onda, GA Benico, PT Lim… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper provides a review of toxic algal blooms in the Philippine and Malaysian coastal
and marine systems, considering relevant available knowledge, including climate change …

Analysis of pollution prevention performance of vessels in Southeast Asia: Implications towards vessel emission control and reduction

Z Yang, Y Lau, Z Lei - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2024 - Elsevier
As one of the major sources of pollution emissions in Southeast Asia (SEA), substandard
vessels with deficiencies in pollution prevention ability may induce extreme results in local …

The ecological impact of plastic pollution in a changing climate

GW Chowdhury, HJ Koldewey… - Emerging Topics in …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Assessing three interlinked issues, plastic pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss
separately can overlook potential interactions that may lead to positive or negative impacts …