Decoding plastic pollution in the geological record: A baseline study on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia, north South America

N Rangel-Buitrago, FL Ochoa, RDB Rodríguez… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study presents the first report of plastics in the geological record (rocks and formations
composed of plastics) along the central Caribbean Coast of Colombia, northern coast of …

Downward migrating microplastics in lake sediments are a tricky indicator for the onset of the Anthropocene

I Dimante-Deimantovica, S Saarni, M Barone… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Plastics are a recent particulate material in Earth's history. Because of plastics persistence
and wide-range presence, it has a great potential of being a global age marker and …

Microplastic in clams: An extensive spatial assessment in south Brazil

L Jankauskas, GLL Pinho, C Sanz-Lazaro… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution is becoming a continuously growing environmental concern, while
bivalve mollusks are particularly vulnerable due to their sessile habits and feeding through …

Trajectory, fate, and magnitude of continental microplastic loads to the inner shelf: A case study of the world's largest coastal shallow lagoon

C Rodriguez, P Silva, L Moreira, L Zacher… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Patos Lagoon estuary is a highly significant ecosystem where freshwater from
a vast and densely populated area continuously flows into the Atlantic Ocean by coastal …

Microplastics in Brazilian coastal environments: a systematic review

M Escrobot, TA Pagioro, LRR Martins… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2024 - rbciamb.com.br
This systematic review aimed to evaluate the current scenario of research on microplastics
(MPs) in Brazilian coastal environments, considering beaches and also environments not …

Environment change recorded by lake sediment magnetism in the Songnen Plain, northeastern China

H Fu, M Li, K Bao, Y Zhang, T Ouyang - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Stratigraphic determination of the Anthropocene, the “Great Acceleration”, requires more key
globally synchronous stratigraphic markers which reflect the significant human impacts on …

Accelerating microplastic contamination in 210Pb dated sediment cores from an urbanized coastal lagoon (NW Mexico) since the 1990s

AC Ruiz-Fernández, LH Pérez-Bernal… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ubiquity of microplastics (MP) across all ecosystems raises concerns about their
potential harm to the environment and living organisms. Sediments are a MP sink, reflecting …

Relationship between environmental evolution and human activities in the northeastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau throughout the past millennium and its implications …

Y Pu, X Wei, J Liu, K Zhang, B Li, Z Wei… - Science China Earth …, 2024 - Springer
In current research on the Anthropocene, assessing the impact of human activities via
stratigraphic records of sediments and demarcating the Anthropocene epoch globally are …

[PDF][PDF] A meal to ameliorate the Anthropocene

S Brothers, F McCarthy - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - frontiersin.org
A meal to ameliorate the Anthropocene Page 1 A meal to ameliorate the Anthropocene
Soren Brothers1,2* and Francine McCarthy3 1Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario …

Holocene Landscape Changes in Response to Sea Level Oscillations and Agricultural Intensification in a Coastal Plain of Southeastern South America

ASP Avila, SR Bottezini, D Diniz, C Bueno… - Journal of South …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study identified landscape changes in response to variations in mean sea level (MSL)
and anthropogenic intervention, from the Early to Late Holocene in Southestern South …