Plastic pollution has become a serious transboundary challenge to nature and human health, with estimation of reports published - predicting a twofold increase in plastic waste by 2030. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the excessive use of single-use plastics (including face masks, gloves ...
For over 60 years, our oceans have been a reservoir for exponentially increasing amounts of plastic waste. Plastic has been documented at all levels of the marine food web, from the deepest oceanic trenches to the most far-flung beaches. Here, we present
For structures with a high volume fraction of fiber, the duration of the change in direction during the crack growth process is negligible. Therefore, this process can be considered a single act of originating a complex microdefect (oblique microcrack). The relationship that determines the initial...
This study was conducted at the Weinan Grape Research Institute (Weinan, Shaanxi, China, 35°52′ N, 108°50′ E) in the connective plastic greenhouse during the 2022 growing season. The vineyard is located at an altitude of 349 m above sea level and has a warm-temperate semi-arid monsoo...