Abundance of non-conservative microplastics in the upper ocean from 1957 to 2066

The spatio-temporal distributions of these plastics are not fully characterized. Here the authors examined the sources, sinks and pathways and projected microplastic concentrations for 2066 and found that most plastics accumulate in the North Pacific, with the highest concentrations predicted in the...

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Main Authors: Atsuhiko Isobe, Shinsuke Iwasaki, Keiichi Uchida, Tadashi Tokai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08316-9