Microplastics have been predominantly studied in marine environments compared to freshwater systems. However, the number of studies analyzing microplastic concentrations in water and sediment within lakes and rivers are increasing and are of utmost importance as freshwaters are major pathways for plastics ...
2Mircroplastics(微塑料)are some of the Earth's(1)___(tiny) and most troublesome enemies.These tiny bits of plastic(2)___(find) in countless consumer products and when they collect in(3)___(body) of water and other natural areas,they can threaten our environment and health. In fact...
Microplastics are particles of plastic, which are below 5 mm in size. They often settle far away from their point of origin. Now, scientists from Empa have developed a model that can be employed to calculate the microplastics’ concentration in Swiss riv
The final abundances were corrected using the average concentration of microplastics in the corresponding blank. 2.5. Data analysis The abundance of microplastics from each surface water trawl was calculated by dividing the number (items) of plastic particles identified by the filtered water volume and...
2020). Microplastics can readily accrue and release hazardous organic pollutants like DDT, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and other additives that incorporate during manufacture present in water, thereby elevating their concentration (Gonte and Balasubramanian 2012; Gore et al. 2017, 2018a,b, 2019a,...
We observed that microplastics generated from specific polymer types enhanced sedimentary nitrification and denitrification, whereas others inhibited these processes. In the case of PUF and PLA, in particular, there was an increase in NO3–and NO2–concentrations, a decrease in NH4+concentration (Fig....
They found that the difference between their measurements, and how much rougher the surface would be if winds of the same speed were blowing across clear water, was “highly correlated with the presence of microplastics, and the degree of the difference also correlated with the concentration of ...
Fisner M, Taniguchi S, Majer AP, Bicego MC, Turra A: Concentration and composition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in plastic pellets: implications for small-scale diagnostic and environmental monitoring. Mar Pollut Bull 2013, 76: 349–354. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.09.045 Article CAS...
(Rochmanetal.,2015).Intheanthropogenicwatercycle,MPsarefoundinmunicipalsewage(Taggetal.,2015)andintheinfluentandeffluentofwastewatertreatmentplants(WWTPs)(Carretal.,2016).Studiesthatexaminedthesource,concentration,andcom-positionofMPsinwastewaterhaveconfirmedthatthedominantMPsfoundintheinflu-entofWWTPsconsistof...
Microplastics, as emerging pollutants, have received great attention in the past few decades due to its adverse effects on the environment. Microplastics are ubiquitous in the atmosphere, soil, and water bodies, and mostly reported in aqueous environment. This paper summarizes the abundance and types...