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Small Microplastics: A yet Unknown Threat in the Svalbard (Norway) Region

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2023 7 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 50 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Gabriella Caruso, Gabriella Caruso, Gabriella Caruso, Gabriella Caruso, Gabriella Caruso, Gabriella Caruso, Gabriella Caruso, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Gabriella Caruso, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Giulia Vitale, Giulia Vitale, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Valentina Iannilli, Valentina Iannilli, Fabiana Corami, Valentina Iannilli, Valentina Iannilli, Valentina Iannilli, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Gabriella Caruso, Gabriella Caruso, Gabriella Caruso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Valentina Iannilli, Andrea Setini, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Fabiana Corami, Lucio Litti, Lucio Litti, Lucio Litti, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Gabriella Caruso, Gabriella Caruso, Beatrice Rosso, Valentina Iannilli, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Valentina Iannilli, Lucio Litti, Lucio Litti, Lucio Litti, Sara Bogialli Lucio Litti, Lucio Litti, Gabriella Caruso, Valentina Iannilli, Valentina Iannilli, Valentina Iannilli, Valentina Iannilli, Valentina Iannilli, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Andrea Setini, Andrea Setini, Giulia Vitale, Giulia Vitale, Andrea Setini, Valentina Iannilli, Massimiliano Vardè, Valentina Iannilli, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Massimiliano Vardè, Fabiana Corami, Gabriella Caruso, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Giulia Vitale, Valentina Iannilli, Massimiliano Vardè, Beatrice Rosso, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Gabriella Caruso, Sara Bogialli Beatrice Rosso, Beatrice Rosso, Marco Oliverio, Sara Bogialli Sara Bogialli Fabiana Corami, Beatrice Rosso, Fabiana Corami, Beatrice Rosso, Fabiana Corami, Sara Bogialli Fabiana Corami, Andrea Setini, Sara Bogialli Fabiana Corami, Lucio Litti, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Andrea Setini, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Beatrice Rosso, Lucio Litti, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Lucio Litti, Fabiana Corami, Fabiana Corami, Sara Bogialli

Summary

Researchers investigated the presence of small microplastics and nanoplastics in the Arctic Svalbard region, where climate change is accelerating ice melt and increasing shipping activity. Initial analyses of amphipods collected near Ny-Alesund confirmed the presence of small microplastics in Arctic marine organisms. The study outlines ongoing research efforts to understand how these tiny plastic particles move through polar food webs and affect both local ecosystems and human health.

Study Type Environmental

The Arctic Ocean is undergoing several transformations because of global climate change. Small microplastics (SMPs) or nanoplastics (NPs) carried by marine aerosols may settle in the land ice and be released to the waters, produced following its melting. As sea ice extent reduces and shipping and fishing activities increase, microplastics (MPs) may enter the region following ocean and maritime transports, with implications on Arctic biota, human health, and socioeconomic issues related to the exploitation of marine resources. First analyses on amphipods collected in Ny-Ålesund confirmed the presence of SMPs. Nevertheless, the threat posed by SMPs/NPs to polar biota and regional human health is not fully understood. This article addresses this issue and the need for organisms as potential bioindicators of plastic pollution, which is currently being carried out in the Svalbard region under the framework of the MICROTRACER project funded by the Italian Arctic Research Program (PRA, Call 2021). The outputs of this research are expected to contribute to deepening the current knowledge of SMPs in Svalbard, providing new insights on their occurrence, distribution, and transfer through the marine trophic web, to realize effective control and regulatory framework measures to implement an integrated multidisciplinary approach for monitoring and to reduce MPs pollution in this fragile polar environment.

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