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Microplastics research at the National Oceanography Centre
Microplastics are the most dominant particulate contaminant identified in the global ocean. ... microplastics pollution an issue of enormous concern for society. Moreover, interaction of microplastics with ... microplastics research team are quantifying and characterising microplastics in these samples to understand how ...
01/05/2024 - 14:32
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Wastewater treatment protects the aquatic environment from microplastics
Understanding the release and accumulation of microplastics in the environment is critical for ... 99.8% microplastics from the treated wastewater released to rivers, meaning that the majority do not ... quantify microplastics in samples, with strict protocols to account for any contamination that may occur ...
16/04/2021 - 23:32
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Seafloor microplastic hotspots controlled by deep-sea currents
Our detailed studies of seafloor currents can help us to connect microplastic transport pathways ... in the deep-sea and find the ‘missing’ microplastics. New research has revealed the highest levels of ... microplastic yet recorded on the seafloor, with up to 1.9 million pieces in an area of just one square metre. ...
01/05/2024 - 14:35
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Drinking water treatment removes 99.99% microplastics
Research published this week shows that treating drinking water reduced the number of microplastic ... in developing our understanding of human exposure to microplastics, suggesting that tap water will ... not contribute significantly to human uptake of microplastics, and is likely negligible compared to ...
23/09/2020 - 10:38
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New insights into the transportation of microplastics across the deep seafloor
avalanches can transport microplastics from land into the deep ocean. The study also revealed that these ... flows are responsible for sorting different types of microplastics – burying some, and moving others ... microplastic hotspots, which in turn could help direct research into the impact of microplastics on marine ...
27/07/2020 - 23:47
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International collaborative expedition to shed light on microplastics and ocean carbon
to answer fundamental questions about the distribution, fate and effects of microplastic pollution, ... of microplastics in the water column and capture a continuous record of microplastics sinking to the ... deep ocean. Furthermore, the first controlled experiments investigating the impact of microplastics on ...
08/08/2017 - 16:23
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Plastics in the Ocean
1mm and 0.001mm are then classified as microplastics. In fact, the plastic litter you can see on the ... plastic in the ocean. The other 99% are the microplastic fragments we find far below the surface. Whole ... Fragments Plastic litter and microplastics can then be moved around within the ocean by currents. This ...
01/05/2024 - 14:43
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Microplastics accumulate in hotspots for deep-sea life
Research published earlier in the week reveals that microplastics often accumulate on the deep sea ... sediment flows that transfer the oxygen and nutrients needed to sustain life, also transport microplastics ... microplastics, so that we can better understand where and how these tiny fragments and fibres enter the food ...
24/06/2021 - 11:13
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Plastic-free July scientist spotlight – Meet a microplastics expert
about the plastic we can’t see? Microplastics, plastic fibres and fragments that are between 1 mm and ... 0.001 mm, account for a significant proportion of ocean plastics. The NOC’s microplastics team carries ... what it’s like to work in the NOC’s microplastics team, and his exciting brand-new research. Meet our ...
02/02/2024 - 14:56
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Ocean microplastics found to be rife by teams sailing around the world
It's really concerning that we are finding microplastics in every sample, from coastal areas ... to the most remote regions of the ocean. Up to nearly 1,900 microplastics per cubic metre (particles ... Preliminary results from the initial legs of the current edition of The Ocean Race show microplastics in each ...
01/05/2024 - 14:44