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61,005 resultsShowing papers similar to Analysis of Offering a Special Marine Environmental Engineering Curriculum in Marine Majors Based on Coordinated Land and Marine Development Conception
ClearConstruction of a New Engineering of Marine Technology based on the Approach of "Morality, Teaching, Learning, Research and Industry"
This Chinese paper describes a teaching reform for marine technology engineering education at Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai. Marine engineering education increasingly incorporates environmental topics including microplastic pollution, which affects all ocean-related industries.
Looking for a Chinese solution to global problems: The situation and countermeasures of marine plastic waste and microplastics pollution governance system in China
This study analyzed China's marine plastic waste and microplastic pollution governance system, examining policy frameworks across blue economy development, plastics industry reform, and public health awareness, while proposing countermeasures to curb marine pollution intensification.
What Teachers Should Know for Effective Marine Litter Education: A Scoping Review
This scoping review identified critical gaps in teachers' knowledge about marine litter, finding that educators need better training in ocean literacy and marine pollution science to effectively encourage pro-environmental practices among students and communities.
A critical review on the sources and instruments of marine microplastics and prospects on the relevant management in China
This critical review examined sources, distribution, and monitoring instruments for marine microplastics in China, identifying key knowledge gaps and proposing management strategies to address the country's significant contribution to global ocean plastic pollution.
Analysis of the Current Situation of Marine Garbage and Microplastic Pollution in Typical Coastal Areas of Qingdao
Researchers investigated coastal marine debris and microplastic pollution at two beaches in Qingdao, China, examining the types, sources, components, and spatiotemporal distribution through field surveys, sample analysis, and component identification. The study proposed management responses including strengthened public education, stricter monitoring measures, and promotion of technological innovation and international cooperation.
China’s Marine Environmental Protection Strategy in the Background of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Progress, Challenges, and Outlook
This review examines China's marine environmental protection strategy, tracing its development and analyzing how the COVID-19 pandemic affected marine pollution management. The pandemic both increased plastic waste (from masks and PPE) and disrupted environmental enforcement, creating new challenges for China's marine conservation efforts.
Study of marine debris around a tourist city in East China: Implication for waste management
Marine debris was surveyed in a coastal tourist city in eastern China, revealing patterns driven by tourism, fishing, and poor waste management. The study argues that effective debris management requires understanding local sources, which differ significantly between developed and developing regions.
An Overview of the Current Trends in Marine Plastic Litter Management for a Sustainable Development
This review summarizes current knowledge about marine plastic litter, from its land-based origins to its distribution across ocean environments, and evaluates recovery and recycling strategies. Researchers found that while technologies for collecting and recycling marine plastics are advancing, significant economic and logistical barriers remain. The study emphasizes that a circular economy approach, combining prevention, collection, and material recovery, is essential for addressing ocean plastic pollution.
Research and management of plastic pollution in coastal environments of China
This review summarizes research on plastic pollution in China's coastal environments, noting that as the world's largest producer of plastic waste, China faces significant environmental challenges. Researchers found that microplastics have been detected in surface waters, sediments, and the water column along Chinese coasts from both land-based and sea-based sources. The study highlights that while national-level policies address plastic waste broadly, there is virtually no legislation specifically targeting microplastic pollution.
A review of microplastic pollution in seawater, sediments and organisms of the Chinese coastal and marginal seas
This review compiled microplastic abundance and characteristics data from seawater, sediments, and marine organisms across China's coastal and marginal seas, finding widespread contamination linked to China's extensive plastic production and mismanaged waste streams.
Marine litter: how to monitor, reduce and prevent ocean debris. Focus on plastics and microplastics.
This report reviewed the growing problem of plastic pollution in the oceans and the policy landscape for addressing it, emphasizing that production, use, and end-of-life management all require reform. It frames plastic pollution as a systemic challenge requiring coordinated international action rather than single-issue solutions.
Effect of Design Thinking to Develop Marine and Coastal Environmental Attitudes
This paper is not relevant to microplastics research — it evaluates a design thinking educational approach for improving marine and coastal environmental awareness among students, focused on teaching sustainability concepts.
Microplastic Pollution in Marine Waters: a Malaysian Perspective
This review summarized the current state of microplastic pollution research in Malaysian marine ecosystems, covering occurrence in ocean, coastal, and estuarine environments. Fibers, fragments, and films were found across all environments studied. The review identifies research gaps and calls for standardized monitoring protocols to support policy development in Malaysia.
Promoting Ocean Literacy and Combating Chemical Pollution via Marine Education in Taiwan
This study analyzes scientific literature on ocean chemical pollution and its impacts on Taiwan's marine-dependent economy, arguing that formal marine education programs are needed to build ocean literacy and support public engagement with pollution prevention efforts.
Microplastics Pollution and Their Potential Impact in Marine Systems: A Case Study in Shandong Peninsula, China
Researchers surveyed microplastic pollution in marine environments around China's Shandong Peninsula, documenting contamination levels and potential impacts on the region's important fishing, aquaculture, and tourism industries.
Delineating and preventing plastic waste leakage in the marine and terrestrial environment
Researchers outline the global challenge of plastic waste leaking into marine and land environments, tracing the problem to poor waste management, limited recycling technology, and low public awareness. The commentary calls for upstream design changes and downstream cleanup strategies to reduce plastic litter worldwide.
Perception of water pollution among Malaysian university students: A case study
This Malaysian university survey found that students had moderate awareness of water pollution but limited understanding of its causes and consequences. Better environmental education about water pollution sources — including microplastics — is needed to build the informed citizenry required for effective pollution prevention.
Current research and perspective of microplastics (MPs) in soils (dusts), rivers (lakes), and marine environments in China
This review synthesized a decade of Chinese research on microplastic concentrations in soils, rivers, lakes, and marine environments, finding that coastal and urban areas are most contaminated and that freshwater environments are understudied compared to marine ones. China, as the world's largest plastic producer, faces significant microplastic pollution challenges requiring systematic monitoring across all environmental compartments.
Hands-off, artificial construction, or penalty? How to deal with the increasingly polluted coastal wetland ecosystem in China
This paper examines policy approaches for managing increasingly polluted coastal wetlands in China, considering hands-off preservation, active restoration, and financial penalties for polluters. Microplastics and other pollutants are identified as major drivers of wetland ecosystem destruction.
Characteristics and distribution of microplastics in the coastal mangrove sediments of China
A survey of mangrove sediments along China's coast found microplastics were ubiquitous, with concentrations and polymer types varying by proximity to human activity and hydrological conditions. The study shows that mangrove forests, which provide critical coastal ecosystem services, are accumulating significant quantities of plastic pollution.
Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics, and their correlation with petroleum in coastal waters of Hainan Island, China
Researchers investigated microplastics in coastal waters of Hainan Island, China, finding higher concentrations near harbors and industrial zones with a significant positive correlation between microplastic abundance and petroleum contamination, suggesting shared pollution sources.
Microplastics in seawater and two sides of the Taiwan Strait: Reflection of the social-economic development
Researchers surveyed microplastic abundance in surface seawater and coastal sediments on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, finding differences in contamination levels that reflected contrasting levels of industrialization and urban development on the Chinese mainland versus Taiwan sides.
Occurrence, Composition, and Relationships in Marine Plastic Debris on the First Long Beach Adjacent to the Land-Based Source, South China Sea
Researchers characterized the occurrence, composition, and relationships of marine plastic debris collected from a remote location during a first systematic survey. The study provides baseline data on plastic litter types and polymer composition in an understudied marine region.
Microplastic in three urban estuaries, China
Researchers surveyed three urban estuaries in China and found microplastics throughout, with concentrations and types reflecting the combined influence of surrounding city density, stormwater runoff, and tidal mixing.