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Plastic Pollution Getting Worse: Extreme Rain And Flash Floods Multiply Concentration Of Microplastics In Marine Ecosystems

Science Trends 2018
Sedat Gündoğdu

Summary

This report documented a 14-fold increase in microplastic concentrations in Mersin Bay, Turkey, following extreme flooding in December 2016, demonstrating how flash floods rapidly mobilize and transport plastic pollution into coastal waters. The finding highlights the link between climate change-driven extreme weather events and acute spikes in marine microplastic contamination.

Heavy rains that began on December 20, 2016, caused severe flooding in the province of Mersin, southern Turkey, on December 29, 2016. Two people died and many were wounded as a result. The flood increased the amount of microplastics pollution in Mersin Bay by 14 times. It is widely known that climate change has a

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