New insights into the role of marine plastic-gels in microplastic transfer from water to the atmosphere via bubble bursting

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

Roland Geyer, Jenna Jambeck, Kara Lavender Law · Science Advances · 2017 · 17.6K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Materials Science +14

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

Laurent Lebreton, Joost van der Zwet, Jan-Willem Damsteeg et al. · Nature Communications · 2017 · 3.8K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences +16

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Aggregation, Deposition, and Enhanced Contaminant Transport

Olubukola S. Alimi, Jeffrey M. Farner, Laura M. Hernandez et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2017 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

Steve Allen, Deonie Allen, Vernon R. Phoenix et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2019 · 2.3K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences +14

Distribution of plastic polymer types in the marine environment; A meta-analysis

Gabriel Erni-Cassola, Vinko Zadjelovic, Matthew I. Gibson et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials · 2019 · 855 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Marine Sciences, Oceanography +16