A mass budget and box model of global plastics cycling, degradation and dispersal in the land-ocean-...
A mass budget and box model of global plastics cycling, degradation and dispersal in the land-ocean-atmosphere system
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Cham: Springer International Publishing
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Since 1950 humans have introduced 8300 teragrams (Tg, 10
12
g, millions of metric tons) of plastic polymers into the Earth’s surface environment. Accounting for the dispersal and fate of produced plastics and fragmented microplastics in the environment has been challenging. Recent studies have fueled debate on the global river budget for pla...
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A mass budget and box model of global plastics cycling, degradation and dispersal in the land-ocean-atmosphere system
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_65ca3eeaa990419ba39566b977673161
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_65ca3eeaa990419ba39566b977673161
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2662-4966
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2662-4966
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10.1186/s43591-022-00048-w
