Abstract The presence of Microplastics (MPs) in food has become a global health concern in
the last two decades. In this study, an attempt was made to obtain articles about the …

Although freshwater and estuary systems are recognized as origins and transport pathways
of plastics to the oceans, there is a lack of comparison of microplastics in different water …

Microplastic contamination in the environment is a global problem, as evidenced by the
increasing amount of research worldwide. To our knowledge, this study is the first to …

Records of past societies confronted with natural climate change can illuminate social
responses to environmental stress and environment-disease connections, especially when …

The present knowledge of Holocene continental shelf deposits in relation to the processes
for their formation, from the prospective of marine sediment dynamics, is examined. Over the …

Prokaryotes in coastal sediments are fundamental players in the ecosystem functioning and
regulate processes relevant in the global biogeochemical cycles. Nevertheless, knowledge …

Saltwater intrusion (SWI) in deltas, estuaries, and other coastal areas represents a pressing
problem affecting the sustainability of freshwater resources. Observations and numerical …

We present a multiproxy reconstruction of sea surface temperatures (SST) and coastal
environmental changes covering the last 600 years on sediments from the Gulf of Taranto …

In the past several decades, anthropogenic changes throughout drainage basins have
threatened physical, hydrological and ecological river-to-ocean continuum balances. Dams …

Plastic pollution in the marine environment is becoming a problem of global concern, and
the Mediterranean is believed to be one of the worst affected regional seas. The present …