Introduction: Plastic pollution in the global ocean

Horton, Alice A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6058-6048. 2023 Introduction: Plastic pollution in the global ocean. In: Plastic Pollution in the Global Ocean. World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 1-20.

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Abstract/Summary

Plastic pollution is a growing environmental problem that is attracting increasing interest across society, from academics to the general public. A significant factor in the wide public interest in plastics is its visibility: present throughout urban and rural environments, washing up on beaches and even visible from space (Biermann et al., 2020; Topouzelis et al., 2019). With growing plastic production and usage, plastic waste within the environment will continue to increase. This increased input, along with its persistence, leads to accumulation and increasing ecosystem exposure, with as-yet-unknown consequences…

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1142/9789811259111_0001
Date made live:	27 Jun 2023 13:17 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/535073

Item Type:

Publication - Book Section

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1142/9789811259111_0001

Date made live:

27 Jun 2023 13:17 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/535073