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Estimating plastic pollution levels in rivers through harmonized monitoring strategies

2023 5 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Tim van Emmerik, Sabrina Kirschke, Louise Schreyers, Shuvojit Nath, Christian Schmidt, Katrin Wendt‐Potthoff

Summary

Researchers proposed harmonized monitoring strategies for measuring plastic pollution in rivers, addressing the need for standardized methods to accurately track plastic accumulation in freshwater systems and its eventual transport to ocean environments.

Study Type Environmental

Plastic pollution in freshwater environments is an emerging threat to ecosystem health and human livelihood. Plastics that accumulate in rivers and lakes over long time periods have direct local impact, and may eventually also reach the world’s oceans. Monitoring river plastic pollution is theref...

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