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Beached microplastics in barcelonas shorelines

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2024
Sara Liqi Hernandez Estomba, June Amorrortu Barrenetxea, Arantxa Estrada, Carla Martinez-Vallcorba, Oriol Uviedo, Jose Maria Alsina Torrent, Vanessa Cardín, Sanchez-Vidal, Anna

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Researchers characterized beached microplastics along Barcelona's shorelines, assessing abundance, morphology, color, and polymer composition of particles accumulating on urban Mediterranean beaches. The study contributed to understanding how coastal urbanization and high plastic production rates affect microplastic deposition in a densely populated shoreline environment.

Massive plastic production has become a global environmental issue during the last decades. It's been estimated that 450 million tones are annually produced and approximately 4 Also see: https://micro2024.sciencesconf.org/559597/document

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