While these numbers are among the highest reported on remote islands19,23 the data underestimate the true amount of debris present on CKI as we were unable to sample all possible debris sources. For example, we excluded items buried >10 cm below the surface and were unable to survey some...
southernmost station (53°S). Note that no PP or PS microplastics were found at this sampling location, although other types of polymers such as polyamide and cellophane were present (Supplementary Data2), from which we conclude that the absence of PP and PS was not a consequence of faulty ...
Feifei Wow, Roy – you look really different – why are you wearing a suit? Roy Well, I decided to give some of my old clothes away to charity and start wearing my suit and tie and cut my hair short. Also, I'm wearing these ...
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“recycling” involves grinding up plastic, melting it down, and re-forming it. Doing this type of mechanical recycling well involves properly sorting and cleaning materials, which can be time intensive and expensive. It’s also very difficult or impossible to recycle many types of plastic mo...
an expert in plastic pollution says micro-robots are probably limited to closed systems, like systems which are used totreat drinking water or wastewater.Cowger notes that the micro-robots can beattached to substances besides plastic and might not be safe if left in the water in large numbers....
Total fruit numbers over plastic mulches were significantly higher than that of control treatment. The content of phenolic compounds was similar between treatments, while anthocyanin content, IC 50 value, and flavonoid content significantly were affected by colored plastics. In conclusion, colored plastic...
Concentrations were expressed as numbers of plastic particles per sediment volume (particles/m3) and per dry weight of sediment (particles/kg_dw), and weight of plastic particles per dry weight of sediment (mg/kg_dw). Furthermore, the numerical abundance of plastic particles per surface area (...
(Table1). Total plastic quantity was 0.0457 g, and normalized plastic quantity was 0.0802 g/kg of turtle body mass. Plastic types included: nitrile likely from a blue exam glove (Fig.1A), a composite of polyethylene and rutile pigment possibly from a white plastic shopping bag (Fig.1B),...
Fig. 2: Mean and total taxa richness per debris type for coastal versus pelagic taxa. a, Mean taxa richness per community (coastal or pelagic) by debris type.b, Total taxa richness across debris types per community (coastal or pelagic); the stacked bars represent the number of taxa from ...