Why we need an international agreement on marine plastic pollution

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Plastic as a Persistent Marine Pollutant

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The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade

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Using mussel as a global bioindicator of coastal microplastic pollution

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Effects of Microplastics on Fish and in Human Health

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Plastic pollution of the world’s seas and oceans as a contemporary challenge in ocean governance

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Politics and the plastic crisis: A review throughout the plastic life cycle

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Why is the global governance of plastic failing the oceans?

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The fate of microplastic in marine sedimentary environments: A review and synthesis

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Environmental sustainability: challenges and viable solutions

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Tying up Loose Ends of Microplastic Pollution in the Arctic: Distribution from the Sea Surface through the Water Column to Deep-Sea Sediments at the HAUSGARTEN Observatory

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The ocean’s ultimate trashcan: Hadal trenches as major depositories for plastic pollution

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Global environmental losses of plastics across their value chains

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Plastic Pollution: A Perspective on Matters Arising: Challenges and Opportunities

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Microplastic in fish – A global synthesis

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Lawns in Cities: From a Globalised Urban Green Space Phenomenon to Sustainable Nature-Based Solutions

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The power of environmental norms: marine plastic pollution and the politics of microbeads

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Accumulation, transformation and transport of microplastics in estuarine fronts

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Future Directions in Conservation Research on Petrels and Shearwaters

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Plastics and climate change—Breaking carbon lock-ins through three mitigation pathways

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Assessing plastic debris in aquatic food webs: What we know and don't know about uptake and trophic transfer

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Exposure of coastal environments to river-sourced plastic pollution

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Recommended best practices for plastic and litter ingestion studies in marine birds: Collection, processing, and reporting

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Early Colonization of Weathered Polyethylene by Distinct Bacteria in Marine Coastal Seawater

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Birds and plastic pollution: recent advances

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Challenges in natural resource management for ecological sustainability

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Microplastics distribution in the Eurasian Arctic is affected by Atlantic waters and Siberian rivers

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Impact of sewer overflow on public health: A comprehensive scientometric analysis and systematic review

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Advancing life cycle sustainability of textiles through technological innovations

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Current status and future perspectives of microplastic pollution in typical cryospheric regions

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Impact of Polypropylene Microplastics and Chemical Pollutants on European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Gut Microbiota and Health

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Clinical Pathology of Plastic Ingestion in Marine Birds and Relationships with Blood Chemistry

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Microbial production of lactic acid from food waste: Latest advances, limits, and perspectives

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The evolving global plastics policy landscape: An inventory and effectiveness review

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Plastic pollution in the Labrador Sea: An assessment using the seabird northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis as a biological monitoring species

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Plastic bag use in South Africa: Perceptions, practices and potential intervention strategies

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Developing Countries in the Lead—What Drives the Diffusion of Plastic Bag Policies?

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Perspectives on using marine species as bioindicators of plastic pollution

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Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia

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Remediation of microplastics using bionanomaterials: A review

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Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds

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Microplastic pollution: An emerging contaminant in aquaculture

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A Critical Examination of the Role of Marine Snow and Zooplankton Fecal Pellets in Removing Ocean Surface Microplastic

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A critical review of harm associated with plastic ingestion on vertebrates

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Digital twins: a stepping stone to achieve ocean sustainability?

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The geopolitical economy of Thailand's marine plastic pollution crisis

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Risk perception and risk realities in forming legally binding agreements: The governance of plastics

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Do you need a bag? Analyzing the consumption behavior of plastic bags of households in Ecuador

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Far from a distraction: Plastic pollution and the planetary emergency

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Prevalence and risk assessment of microplastics in the Nile Delta estuaries: “The Plastic Nile” revisited

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Measuring plastic pellet (nurdle) abundance on shorelines throughout the Gulf of Mexico using citizen scientists: Establishing a platform for policy-relevant research

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Air pollution as a determinant of food delivery and related plastic waste

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A review of recent progress in the application of Raman spectroscopy and SERS detection of microplastics and derivatives

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Development of automated marine floating plastic detection system using Sentinel-2 imagery and machine learning models

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The Evolutionary Trend and Impact of Global Plastic Waste Trade Network

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What Shall We Do With a Sea of Plastics? A Systematic Literature Review on How to Pave the Road Toward a Global Comprehensive Plastic Governance Agreement

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A global snapshot of microplastic contamination in sediments and biota of marine protected areas

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Plastic debris increases circadian temperature extremes in beach sediments.

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Consumer-based actions to reduce plastic pollution in rivers: A multi-criteria decision analysis approach

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Ten inconvenient questions about plastics in the sea

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Microplastics toxicity, detection, and removal from water/wastewater

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Leachate From Expanded Polystyrene Cups Is Toxic to Aquatic Invertebrates (Ceriodaphnia dubia)

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Assessing threats, regulations, and strategies to abate plastic pollution in LAC beaches during COVID-19 pandemic

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Anthropogenic litter in marine waters and coastlines of Arctic Canada and West Greenland

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A Horizon Scan of research priorities to inform policies aimed at reducing the harm of plastic pollution to biota

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Predicting the global environmental distribution of plastic polymers

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The necessity of justice for a fair, legitimate, and effective treaty on plastic pollution

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Biobased polymers for advanced applications: Towards a sustainable future

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Fishing for Litter in the Adriatic-Ionian macroregion (Mediterranean Sea): Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

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A harmonized and coordinated assessment of the abundance and composition of seafloor litter in the Adriatic-Ionian macroregion (Mediterranean Sea)

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Marine plastics: What risks and policies exist for seagrass ecosystems in the Plasticene?

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River plastic transport affected by tidal dynamics

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Microplastics in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) from Antarctic region

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Linking plastic ingestion research with marine wildlife conservation

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Ecological risk assessment of marine microplastics using the analytic hierarchy process: A case study in the Yangtze River Estuary and adjacent marine areas

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Polystyrene microplastics reduce abundance of developing B cells in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) primary cultures

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Trends of microplastic abundance in personal care products in the United Arab Emirates over the period of 3 years (2018–2020)

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Is Wild Marine Biota Affected by Microplastics?

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Plastic litter pollution along sandy beaches in Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island, Philippines

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Temporal trends and interannual variation in plastic ingestion by Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Ardenna carneipes) using different sampling strategies

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Towards a North Pacific Ocean long-term monitoring program for plastic pollution: A review and recommendations for plastic ingestion bioindicators

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The use of anthropogenic marine debris as a nesting material by brown boobies (Sula leucogaster)

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