Biodiversity, a term now widely employed in science, policy, and wider society, has a
burgeoning associated literature. We synthesize aspects of this literature, focusing on …

Plastic ingestion has been widely investigated to understand its adverse harms on fauna,
but the role of fauna itself in plastic fragmentation has been rarely addressed. Here, we …

Globally, plastic production and consumption have led to a large amount of plastic waste.
Plastic solid waste poses a serious menace to the environmental wellbeing. Plastic pollution …

Governments worldwide are increasingly adopting public policies, laws, and ordinances to
reduce plastic pollution. To date, studies have not analyzed the content of, and trends in …

Due to their ubiquitous presence, size and characteristics as ability to adsorb pollutants,
microplastics are hypothesized as causing a major impact on smaller organisms, such as …

The accumulation of human-derived debris in the oceans is a global concern and a serious
threat to marine wildlife. There is a volume of evidence that points to deleterious effects of …

Plastic pollution can pose a threat to birds. Yet, little is known about the sublethal effects of
ingested microplastics (MP), and the effects of MP< 1 mm in birds remain unknown. This …

Plastics have become a critical environmental problem due to their widespread use, high
physico-chemical stability and the inefficiency of wastewater treatments. Despite the efforts …

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 …

In recent years, the ecological risks of plastics to marine environments and organisms have
attracted increasing attention, especially the leachates from plastics. However, a …