Plastic pollution in riverbeds fundamentally affects natural sand transport processes
Abstract Over the past 50 years, rivers have become increasingly important vectors for plastic pollution. Lowland riverbeds exhibit coherent morphological features including ripple and dune bedforms, which transport sediment downstream via well-understood processes, yet the impact of plastic on sedi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-07-01
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Series: | Communications Earth & Environment |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00820-7 |