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Microplastic Pollution in Oceans

This review provides an overview of microplastic pollution in the world's oceans, covering sources, distribution patterns, ecological impacts, and the challenges of monitoring and remediation at global scale. The authors emphasize the urgent need for international policy coordination and improved waste management.

2024 Practice, progress, and proficiency in sustainability
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Governance Strategies for Mitigating Microplastic Pollution in the Marine Environment: A Review

This review assessed the sources, spread, and impacts of microplastic pollution in marine environments and evaluated existing governance strategies for addressing the problem. Researchers found significant gaps in management approaches, including limited community involvement in monitoring and a lack of standardized mitigation strategies for coastal areas. The study calls for stronger policy interventions, more citizen science initiatives, and coordinated international efforts to reduce microplastic pollution in the oceans.

2021 Microplastics 146 citations
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The presence and danger of microplastics in the oceans

This review summarizes the sources, distribution, and ecological dangers of microplastics in ocean environments, highlighting the lack of standardized global regulations and monitoring frameworks as a key barrier to addressing the scale of marine microplastic pollution.

2021 Pomorstvo 5 citations
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Current Progress on Marine Microplastics Pollution Research: A Review on Pollution Occurrence, Detection, and Environmental Effects

This review summarized current knowledge on marine microplastic pollution, covering detection methods, occurrence across ocean zones and organism types, and environmental effects, while identifying key research gaps around long-term ecological impacts and standardized monitoring protocols.

2021 Water 29 citations
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Microplastic in the Marine Environment

This review examines the presence, sources, distribution, and ecological effects of microplastics in marine environments, arguing that the pervasive use of plastics in modern society and poor waste management have made ocean microplastic pollution a critical global issue.

2023 5 citations
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Microplastic pollution in marine environments: An in-depth analysis of advanced monitoring techniques, removal technologies, and future challenges

This review provides a comprehensive analysis of microplastic pollution in marine environments, covering sources, ecological impacts, and current monitoring and removal technologies. Researchers examined physical, chemical, and biological methods for microplastic detection and cleanup, including filtration, separation, and hybrid approaches. The study concludes that while progress has been made, significant gaps remain in our ability to effectively monitor and remove microplastics from ocean ecosystems.

2025 Marine Environmental Research 17 citations
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Microplastics in marine ecosystems: Sources, effects, and mitigation strategies

This review examines the sources, environmental pathways, ecological impacts across trophic levels, and mitigation strategies for microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems, synthesizing current evidence on biological harm and evaluating policy frameworks, technological solutions, and individual behavioral changes aimed at reducing marine microplastic loads.

2022 International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 1 citations
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Recent Trends on Microplastics Pollution and Its Remediation:A Review

This review summarized current knowledge on the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in ecosystems, examining their toxic effects on marine organisms, limitations of existing detection methods, and available remediation strategies, while identifying key research gaps that must be addressed to manage this global pollution challenge.

2022 Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering (Formerly Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering) 4 citations
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Marine Microplastic Pollution

This review examines microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems, summarizing the sources, distribution, and ecological effects of plastic particles in ocean environments and reviewing evidence for harm to marine organisms from physical ingestion and chemical exposure.

2025
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Microplastics in our oceans and marine health

This general review examined the scale of microplastic ocean contamination and its risks to marine life and human health, covering ingestion pathways, food web transfer, and the current regulatory landscape. The authors argue that public education, plastic use reduction, and stronger waste governance are essential to preventing further marine contamination.

2019 OpenEdition (OpenEdition) 110 citations
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The Contribution of Microplastics to Marine Pollution

This review examines the contribution of microplastics to marine pollution, covering the pathways by which plastic particles enter ocean systems, their distribution across ocean basins, effects on marine life, and the challenges of reducing the flow of plastic into the sea.

2025 International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology
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Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions

This review synthesized research on the distribution and significance of microplastics across the marine environment, covering sources, transport pathways, ecological interactions, and the state of knowledge on biological and chemical effects.

2017 Environment International 2517 citations
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Unravelling the Waves: Navigating Microplastics Pollution in the Marine Realm and Crafting Remedial Solutions

This review provides a comprehensive overview of microplastic pollution in marine environments, covering prevalence, persistence, ecological impacts, and remediation solutions. The authors assess current mitigation approaches and highlight the need for integrated policy, improved monitoring, and technological innovation to address the growing threat to ocean health.

2024 ACS symposium series
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Understanding microplastic pollution of marine ecosystem: a review

This review summarizes the current understanding of microplastic pollution in oceans, covering where they come from, how they spread, and their harmful effects on marine life and potentially human health. Microplastics are found throughout the ocean -- from surface waters to deep sediments -- and can transfer toxic chemicals to organisms that consume them. The authors highlight that significant gaps remain in detection methods and understanding the full scope of how marine microplastics affect the food chain that leads to our plates.

2023 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 113 citations
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Can We Find a Way to Solve Microplastic Pollution?

This review examines sources, environmental distribution, ecological impacts, and potential mitigation strategies for microplastic pollution across terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. The authors survey evidence of harm to marine wildlife including seabirds, fish, and sea turtles through ingestion and entanglement, and assess emerging technological and regulatory approaches to reducing global microplastic contamination.

2024 Science Insights 1 citations
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Review on the distribution of microplastics in the oceans and its impacts: Need for modeling-based approach to investigate the transport and risk of microplastic pollution

This review synthesizes evidence on microplastic distribution across global oceans and argues that modeling-based approaches are urgently needed to better understand transport pathways and assess pollution risks at scale.

2021 Environmental Engineering Research 28 citations
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Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

This review synthesized the state of knowledge on microplastics as marine contaminants, covering their sources, pathways, distribution, biological uptake, and potential ecological and toxicological effects.

2011 Marine Pollution Bulletin 5709 citations
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Microplastics Pollution

This review summarizes the current state of knowledge about microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems, covering sources, distribution, and ecological impacts. The study emphasizes that plastics are virtually indestructible in the environment and that microplastics are now ubiquitous in ocean food chains.

2020 BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS eBooks
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Characterization and regulation of microplastic pollution for protecting planetary and human health

This review provides a comprehensive overview of microplastic pollution, covering sources, environmental distribution, detection methods, health effects, and regulatory efforts. Researchers found that microplastics are now present in virtually every environment on Earth, from deep oceans to remote mountain regions, and can carry harmful chemicals and pathogens. The study calls for coordinated global action to reduce plastic production, improve waste management, and establish health-based exposure limits.

2022 Environmental Pollution 122 citations
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Evaluation of Microplastic Pollution in Marine Environments Sources, Distribution, and Impact

This review synthesizes evidence on microplastic contamination across all marine compartments — surface waters, sediments, and biota — analyzing major sources, distribution patterns, and ecological and human health impacts. The authors emphasize the pervasive and often irreversible nature of marine microplastic pollution.

2025 International Journal of Environmental Sciences