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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
Summary
Researchers surveyed beached microplastics along Barcelona's shorelines to characterize the types, abundance, and distribution of plastic particles accumulating on urban Mediterranean beaches, contributing data to the growing body of evidence on coastal microplastic pollution in densely populated areas.
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