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Controlled Aging and Degradation of Selected Plastics in Marine Environment: 12 Months of Follow-up
Summary
Researchers tracked how different plastic types degrade in real marine conditions over 12 months, finding that the ocean environment breaks down plastics in ways that contribute to ongoing microplastic generation — with implications for understanding long-term plastic persistence and ecological risk in ocean ecosystems.
The concern about plastic marine debris has steadily been rising year after year, because millions of tonnes of plastics are released in the ocean every year, causing tremendous ecological and economic repercussions. The degradation of polymers in sea water is...