Microplastic pollution of the marine environment has received increasing attention from
scientists, the public, and policy makers over the last few years. Marine microplastics …

Laboratory-based studies have suggested that marine organisms can be harmed by
ingesting microplastics. However, unless the current and future microplastic abundance in …

The fate of mismanaged plastic waste released into oceans (ocean plastics) remains a topic
of debate, where the mass imbalance between the leakage and abundance in the world's …

Microplastic pellets (MPPs) are ubiquitous contaminants, recognised as a serious threat to
the biota in coastal, estuarine and marine environment. The distribution, abundance …

Microplastics pollution has led to irreversible environmental consequences and has
triggered global concerns. It has been shown that water resources and marine food …

Anthropogenic marine debris, mainly of plastic origin, is accumulating in estuarine and
coastal environments around the world causing damage to fauna, flora and habitats. Plastics …

A numerical model was established to reproduce the oceanic transport processes of
microplastics and mesoplastics in the Sea of Japan. A particle tracking model, where surface …

Sea surface concentrations of plastics and their fluxes onto coastlines are simulated over
2009–2015. Calculations incorporate combinations of terrestrial and maritime litter inputs …

Numerical modelling is a key tool in understanding and determining the sources, trajectories
and fates of micro-plastic debris (MPD). In this study, we introduce TrackMPD, a new …

The abundance and distribution of microplastics in estuaries have been barely documented,
and generally without accounting for the vertical structure in the water column. This study …