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Microplastics in the marine environment

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Volume 26 - Issue 9

Microplastics contamination in three species of marine fish harvested by coastal land trawl in Banda Aceh City and Aceh Besar Regency waters, Indonesia

by Faradilla S.B. Siregar L.Y. Pradit S. Yucharoen M. Arahman N. Fadli N. Muchlisin Z.A.

Microplastics in the marine environment

Banda Aceh City and Aceh Besar Regency are two of the areas experiencing rapid population growth and increased waste production, including plastics. The areas are directly adjacent to the coast, and the generated plastic waste has the potential to pollute the sea and fish. Therefore, this research...

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Volume 26 - Issue 8

Marine Ecological Damage Assessment Model for Offshore Oil Extraction

by Yang Q. Liu H.

Microplastics in the marine environment

With the progress of society and the development of the economy, people’s awareness of environmental protection is also becoming stronger. Therefore, the damage caused by marine oil spills caused by offshore oil extraction to marine ecology is also receiving more and more attention from people...

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Volume 26 - Issue 1

The effect of temperature on the U-232 and Am-241 adsorption by PN6 microplastics in aqueous solutions.

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Ioannidis I. et al. View all

Microplastics in the marine environment

The effect of temperature on the adsorption of U-232 and Am-241 by PN6 has been investigated in laboratory and environmental water samples (e.g. seawater and waste water) in the picomolar concentration range. Generally, increasing temperature favors radionuclide adsorption, indicating that...

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Volume 25 - Issue 10

Biowaste compost amendment is a source of microplastic pollution in agricultural soils

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Dhinagaran G et al. View all

Microplastics in the marine environment

Microplastics were discovered in soil samples taken from fields in Tamil Nadu, India's Ponneri, Redhills, and Thirumazhisai where the fields had been amended with compost made from biowaste. The soil sample taken from agricultural field in Ponneri had the highest microplastic level, which was...

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