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ClearImpounding Reservoirs, Benefits and Risks: A Review of Environmental and Technical Aspects of Construction and Operation
This review assessed the environmental and technical aspects of multi-functional impounding reservoirs, covering their benefits for water supply and flood control alongside ecological risks such as altered sediment transport and habitat fragmentation.
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This review examines water security challenges for coastal communities at the land-sea interface, discussing how sea-level rise, ocean warming, and deoxygenation may exacerbate saltwater intrusion into freshwater supplies and disrupt the delicate balance between freshwater supply and demand in coastal settings.
Navigating Coastal Futures: A Keynote Report from the 2nd International Congress on Coastal Research (ICCR’2)
This review synthesizes keynote findings from the Second International Congress on Coastal Research, highlighting interdisciplinary priorities for coastal resilience including climate change impacts, water governance, and sustainable management of coastal ecosystems.
The Importance of Nonconventional Water Resources under Water Scarcity
This review explores the importance of nonconventional water resources, such as treated wastewater, desalinated water, and harvested rainwater, in addressing growing global water scarcity. Researchers found that these alternative sources are becoming increasingly vital as climate change and population growth strain traditional supplies. The study highlights how expanding the use of nonconventional water can help build a more sustainable water future.
River Deltas and Sea-Level Rise
This review synthesized current science on how sea-level rise threatens river deltas globally, integrating modeling, Holocene geological records, and projections through 2300. The authors found that delta response to sea-level change depends heavily on sediment supply, subsidence rates, and the timing of future sea-level acceleration.
Economic and Ecological Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Fisheries: A Global Analysis of Vulnerability and Adaptive Management Strategies
Researchers conducted a global analysis of how climate change compounds existing threats to coastal fisheries, including pollution from microplastics and other anthropogenic stressors. The study evaluated vulnerability across regions and assessed adaptive management strategies. The findings suggest that integrated approaches addressing both climate and pollution pressures are needed to sustain coastal fisheries.
Groundwater dependent ecosystems in coastal Mediterranean regions: Characterization, challenges and management for their protection
Researchers reviewed the status of coastal groundwater-dependent ecosystems (wetlands and lagoons sustained by aquifer discharge) in Mediterranean regions, identifying plastic pollution, over-extraction, and weak governance as critical threats, and calling for new legal definitions and transdisciplinary management frameworks to protect them.
Waterfront Developments and Public Space
Researchers examined how a new bridge construction across a major mangrove plantation in Abu Dhabi's Eastern Mangroves coastal development altered the water geometry, surrounding canals, and marine environment, assessing the hydraulic and ecological impacts of over-sea bridge dredging activities.
Future coastal water pollution under global change: multi-pollutant modeling
Researchers describe a global multi-pollutant modeling framework for assessing future coastal water pollution from nutrients, plastics, and chemicals under climate change and urbanization scenarios, arguing that managing multiple pollutants together is essential for achieving clean coastal water goals.
Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impact on Coastal Environments
This special issue introduction covers research on how climate change and human activities are transforming coastal environments including deltas, lagoons, and mangroves. These coastal zones are important sinks for plastic pollution, and changes to their physical and ecological structure affect how microplastics accumulate and impact local biodiversity.
Interconnected impacts of water resource management and climate change on microplastic pollution and riverine biocoenosis: A review by freshwater ecologists
Researchers reviewed how river hydrology, water resource management, and climate change interact to influence microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems. They found that floods can flush microplastics from catchments, while reservoirs act as both sinks and sources, and extreme weather events driven by climate change tend to concentrate microplastics and threaten aquatic organisms. The study highlights a critical gap in research that jointly addresses these interconnected factors and calls for integrated policy approaches.
Extending traditional water supplies in inland communities with nontraditional solutions to water scarcity
This review examines non-traditional water supply solutions—like stormwater harvesting, greywater reuse, and desalination—for inland communities facing water scarcity. Expanding water sources also requires managing contamination including microplastics, which have been found in alternative water supplies.
The concept, approach, and future research of hydrological connectivity and its assessment at multiscales
Researchers reviewed the concept of hydrological connectivity — the water-mediated transfer of matter and energy across landscapes — examining how dam construction, land management, and climate factors alter it, and identifying numerical modeling and connectivity indices as the most useful tools for its assessment across spatial scales.
Indigenous and Modern Practices for Water Conservation and Management in Africa
This review examines indigenous and modern water conservation practices in Africa, focusing on how traditional knowledge systems can be integrated with contemporary water management technology to address growing scarcity. The authors identify numerous traditional techniques—including stone bunds, sand dams, and sacred grove protection—that complement engineering-based solutions in the context of climate variability.
Configuration of Allocated Mangrove Areas and Protection of Mangrove-Dominated Muddy Coasts: Knowledge Gaps and Recommendations
This study examined the allocation and conservation of mangrove areas along muddy coasts, finding that uncontrolled development leads to erosion and loss of these ecosystems. Healthy mangrove forests act as natural barriers that can trap and filter microplastics before they reach open ocean environments.
Study on the Impact of the Coastline Changes on Hydrodynamics in Xiangshan Bay
Not relevant to microplastics — this Chinese hydrodynamics study uses ocean modeling to examine how decades of coastline modification in Xiangshan Bay have altered tidal currents and water flow patterns.
Enhancing groundwater recharge in drinking water protection zones in Flanders (Belgium): A novel approach to assess stormwater managed aquifer recharge potential
Researchers developed a model to estimate how much stormwater runoff in Flanders, Belgium could be directed underground to recharge drinking water aquifers, finding it could supplement natural recharge by an average of 17%. The study suggests urban stormwater harvesting is an underutilized tool for protecting drinking water supplies, though water quality risks need further investigation.
Controversy over the Use of “Shade Covers” to Avoid Water Evaporation in Water Reservoirs
This review examines technologies for reducing water evaporation from reservoirs, including shade covers and bioinspired materials. While water scarcity is an important environmental issue, this paper is not directly related to microplastics or human health from plastic exposure.
How Carbon Immobilization from Restored Marine Forests May Help Climate Change Mitigation Plans?
This review examines the potential for restored marine forest ecosystems including coral reefs, seagrasses, seaweeds, and sponge grounds to contribute to climate change mitigation through carbon immobilization, situating marine forests within the broader Blue Carbon framework and evaluating restoration strategies as nature-based climate solutions.
Addressing water resource management challenges in the context of climate change and human influence
This study identifies and documents the key challenges facing water resource management due to the combined pressures of climate change and human activity. Researchers found that droughts, floods, sea-level rise, and pollution are threatening both water quality and public health on a global scale. The study emphasizes that more sustainable approaches to water governance and infrastructure are urgently needed to address the growing gap between water supply and demand.
Distribution of Microplastics in Man-made Water Bodies
This chapter reviews microplastic pollution in man-made water bodies including reservoirs, urban lakes, and coastal water management systems. It covers sources, distribution, and ecological effects of microplastics in freshwater environments that communities rely on for water supply and recreation.
Challenges in coastal ecosystem Sustainability: Drivers of water quality degradation and their ecological impact
This review examines multiple drivers of water quality degradation in coastal ecosystems—including nutrient pollution, sedimentation, microplastics, and climate change—and discusses management strategies for improving coastal ecosystem sustainability.
Time for decisive actions to protect freshwater ecosystems from global changes
This review called for decisive actions to protect freshwater ecosystems from global changes including climate change, habitat modification, pollution, and invasive species, emphasizing the critical services these ecosystems provide to humans.
A sustainable brine and salt management strategy: An enabler for climate resilient water supplies for our community
Researchers examined sustainable brine and salt management strategies in Australia to address growing competition for high-quality water supplies driven by population growth, reduced rainfall, and industrial demand, outlining approaches to manage saline waste streams from desalination and water treatment.