Microplastics pollution is an issue of great concern for scientists, governmental bodies,
ecological organisations, and the general public. Microplastics pollution is widespread and …

Coastal environments, in particular heavily populated semi-enclosed marginal seas and
coasts like the Baltic Sea region, are strongly affected by human activities. A multitude of …

Rivers play a major role in the distribution of microplastics (MPs) in the environment,
however, research on temporal variations in these highly dynamic systems is still in its …

Urban sources, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), untreated wastewater (not connected
to WWTPs), and especially combined sewer overflow systems (CSS) including stormwater …

Water pollution caused by the frequent use of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) has been
attracting increased media and political coverage in England as in other places in the world …

Urban sewage water pathways seem most important for microplastics emissions to the Baltic
Sea. We use microplastics emission data for the entire Baltic Sea region, calculate …

Sewer overflows and exfiltration can potentially contaminate water bodies with pathogens
from wastewater. Microbial source tracking (MST) methods such as the detection of the …

Microplastic river emissions are known to be one of the major sources for marine
microplastic pollution. Especially urbanized estuaries localized at the land-sea interface and …

Aim was to assess whether a comprehensive approach linking existing knowledge with
monitoring and modeling can provide an improved insight into coastal and marine plastics …

Plastic-related industrial discharge is suspected as a significant source of microplastics
(MPs) in the influent of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, little is known about …