Comprehensive analysis of microplastics at typical outlets around Hainan Island: From spatial distribution to flux estimation and correlation analysis

Water Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 276, P. 123289 - 123289

Published: Feb. 13, 2025

Language: Английский

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Degradation and lifetime prediction of plastics in subsea and offshore infrastructures

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 904, P. 166719 - 166719

Published: Sept. 4, 2023

Engineering and civil developments have relied on synthetic polymers plastics (including polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, etc.) for decades, especially where their durability protects engineering structures against corrosion other environmental stimuli. Offshore oil gas infrastructure renewable energy platforms are typical examples, these (100,000 s of metric tonnes worldwide) used primarily as functional material to protect metallic flowlines subsea equipment seawater corrosion. Despite this, the current literature is limited sea-surface environments, a model degradation needed. In this review, we collate relevant studies in marine environments gain insight into fate materials when left conditions. We present new mathematical that accounts various physicochemical changes oceanic environment function depth predict lifespan possible formation plastic debris, e.g., microplastics. found rate decreases significantly water can be estimated quantitatively by effect (and sensitivity) geographical location, temperature, light intensity, hydrostatic pressure, sediments. For instance, it takes polyethylene coating about 800 years degrade ocean floor (as opposed <400 shallow coastal waters), generating 1000s particles per g under certain Our results demonstrate how suspended sediments column likely compensate decreasing depth-corrected rates, resulting surface abrasion debris such This complementing data, will significant impact assessment infrastructures. Moreover, infrastructures reach end service life, management components becomes great interest regulators, industry, community, considering known sizeable impacts global biogeochemical cycles.

Language: Английский

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Interventions of river network structures on urban aquatic microplastic footprint from a connectivity perspective

Water Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 243, P. 120418 - 120418

Published: July 26, 2023

Language: Английский

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An evaluation of microplastic contamination in the marine waters and species in the coastal region of the South Yellow Sea, China

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 469, P. 134018 - 134018

Published: March 13, 2024

Language: Английский

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Microplastic contamination in Ashtamudi Lake, India: Insights from a Ramsar wetland

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 264, P. 104367 - 104367

Published: May 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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