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Microplastics Pollution
Summary
This textbook chapter describes how microplastics interact with water environments, including how they spread, weather, and become toxic over time. It also introduces the concept of the 'plastisphere'—the unique microbial communities that colonize plastic surfaces in aquatic environments.
This chapter presents the complex interaction between water and plastic debris of different dimensions. Hydrosphere role in microplastics propagation, weathering mechanisms, and toxicity of plastic particles are considered. Finally, the emerging issue of the plastisphere is characterized in brief concerning the water environment.