A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world's oceans-Urgent solutions required.

A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world's oceans-Urgent solutions required.

As global awareness, science, and policy interventions for plastic escalate, institutions around the world are seeking preventative strategies. Central to this is the need for precise global time series of plastic pollution with which we can assess whether implemented policies are effective, but at...

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Main Authors: Marcus Eriksen, Win Cowger, Lisa M Erdle, Scott Coffin, Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez, Charles J Moore, Edward J Carpenter, Robert H Day, Martin Thiel, Chris Wilcox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281596

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281596

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