Add to ORKGThe threat posed by plastic pollution to marine ecosystems and human health is under increasing scrutiny. Much of the macro- and microplastic in the ocean ends up on the seafloor, with some of the highest concentrations reported in submarine canyons that intersect the continental shelf and directly connect to terrestrial plastic sources. Gravity-driven avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are the primary process for delivering terrestrial sediment and organic carbon to the deep sea through submarine canyons. However, the ability of turbidity currents to transport and bury plastics is essentially unstudied. Using flume experiments, we investigate how turbidity currents transport microplastics, and their role in differential burial of mic...
Deep-water depositional systems are the ultimate sink for vast quantities of terrigenous sediment, o...
Microplastics are small plastic particles (<1 mm) originating from the degradation of larger plastic...
The increasing plastic pollution of the world’s oceans represents a serious threat to marine ecosyst...
The threat posed by plastic pollution to marine ecosystems and human health is under increasing scru...
An estimated 8.3 billion tons of non-biodegradable plastic has been produced over the last 65 years....
Marine debris, mostly consisting of plastic, is a global problem, negatively impacting wildlife, tou...
The principle transport agent in deep ocean environments are turbidity currents, avalanches of sedim...
Although microplastics are known to pervade the global seafloor, the processes that control their di...
Understanding residence times of plastic in the ocean is a major knowledge gap in plastic pollution ...
An estimated 8.3 billion tons of non-biodegradable plastic has been produced over the last 65 years....
While microplastics are known to pervade the global seafloor, the processes that control their dispe...
Pollution of the marine environment by large and microscopic plastic fragments and their potential i...
Pollution of the marine environment by large and microscopic plastic fragments and their potential i...
Buoyant microplastic in the ocean can be submerged to deeper layers through biofouling and the conse...
Deep-water depositional systems are the ultimate sink for vast quantities of terrigenous sediment, o...
Microplastics are small plastic particles (<1 mm) originating from the degradation of larger plastic...
The increasing plastic pollution of the world’s oceans represents a serious threat to marine ecosyst...
The threat posed by plastic pollution to marine ecosystems and human health is under increasing scru...
An estimated 8.3 billion tons of non-biodegradable plastic has been produced over the last 65 years....
Marine debris, mostly consisting of plastic, is a global problem, negatively impacting wildlife, tou...
The principle transport agent in deep ocean environments are turbidity currents, avalanches of sedim...
Although microplastics are known to pervade the global seafloor, the processes that control their di...
Understanding residence times of plastic in the ocean is a major knowledge gap in plastic pollution ...
An estimated 8.3 billion tons of non-biodegradable plastic has been produced over the last 65 years....
While microplastics are known to pervade the global seafloor, the processes that control their dispe...
Pollution of the marine environment by large and microscopic plastic fragments and their potential i...
Pollution of the marine environment by large and microscopic plastic fragments and their potential i...
Buoyant microplastic in the ocean can be submerged to deeper layers through biofouling and the conse...
Deep-water depositional systems are the ultimate sink for vast quantities of terrigenous sediment, o...
Microplastics are small plastic particles (<1 mm) originating from the degradation of larger plastic...
The increasing plastic pollution of the world’s oceans represents a serious threat to marine ecosyst...