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Bookmark or Share- Plastic pollution amplified by a warming climate - NatureClimate change and plastic pollution are interconnected global challenges. Rising temperatures and moisture alter plastic characteristics, contributing to waste, microplastic generation, and...
- Plastic Pollution: A Perspective on Matters Arising: Challenges and ...Plastic pollution is a global phenomenon that exacerbates global warming and flooding and must be mitigated to achieve environmental sustainability. While plastic pollution presents a serious environmental threat, numerous opportunities exist that can be harnessed to mitigate, manage, and control this global problem.
- Plastic Pollution - Our World in DataThe world produces around 350 million tonnes of plastic waste each year. Estimates vary, but recent high-quality studies suggest that between 1 and 2 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans annually. That means 0.5% of plastic waste ends up in the ocean.
- The global threat from plastic pollution | ScienceBetter understanding and management of the threat posed by plastic pollution in the environment requires research that focuses on environmental processes and fate, including the accumulation of small weathered particles , associated chemicals, and the formation of biofilms and heteroaggregates with natural organic carbon .
- Confronting plastic pollution to protect environmental and ... - PLOSPlastic pollutes throughout its life cycle, from its beginnings as a by-product of greenhouse gas-emitting oil and natural gas refining to its degradation-resistant end as increasingly fragmented shards of micro-and nanoplastics in atmospheric currents, alpine snow, estuaries, lakes, oceans, and soils.
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