The Role of Ekman Currents, Geostrophy, and Stokes Drift in the Accumulation of Floating Microplastic

Anticyclonic eddies increase accumulation of microplastic in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre

(2018) Laurent Brach et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Assessing the accuracy of satellite derived ocean currents by comparing observed and virtual buoys in the Greater Agulhas Region

(2018) Michael G. Hart-Davis et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Antarctica’s ecological isolation will be broken by storm-driven dispersal and warming

(2018) Ceridwen I. Fraser et al.   Nature Climate Change

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

(2018) L. Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

Examining the Accuracy of GlobCurrent Upper Ocean Velocity Data Products on the Northwestern Atlantic Shelf

(2018) Hui Feng et al.   Remote Sensing

Evaluation of GlobCurrent surface ocean current products: A case study in Australia

(2018) Mathilde Cancet et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

FSLE analysis and validation of Lagrangian simulations based on satellite-derived GlobCurrent velocity data

(2018) Guglielmo Lacorata et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Ups and Downs in the Ocean: Effects of Biofouling on Vertical Transport of Microplastics

(2017) Merel Kooi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation

(2017) Andrés Cózar et al.   Science Advances

Biofouling on buoyant marine plastics: An experimental study into the effect of size on surface longevity

(2016) Francesca M.C. Fazey et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Origin and fate of surface drift in the oceanic convergence zones of the eastern Pacific

(2016) Christophe Maes et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Analysis of flight MH370 potential debris trajectories using ocean observations and numerical model results

(2016) Joaquin A. Trinanes et al.   Journal of Operational Oceanography

Characterization of microplastic and mesoplastic debris in sediments from Kamilo Beach and Kahuku Beach, Hawai'i

(2016) Alan M. Young et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

On some physical and dynamical properties of microplastic particles in marine environment

(2016) I. Chubarenko et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Seabirds, gyres and global trends in plastic pollution

(2015) Jan A. van Franeker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Composition and potential origin of marine debris stranded in the Western Indian Ocean on remote Alphonse Island, Seychelles

(2015) Aurélie V. Duhec et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Beach debris in the Azores (NE Atlantic): Faial Island as a first case study

(2015) Catharina Pieper et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Impacts of wave spreading and multidirectional waves on estimating Stokes drift

(2015) A. Webb et al.   OCEAN MODELLING

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

How well-connected is the surface of the global ocean?

(2014) Gary Froyland et al.   CHAOS

Distribution of Surface Plastic Debris in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from an 11-Year Data Set

(2014) Kara Lavender Law et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Beyond GOCE for the ocean circulation estimate: Synergetic use of altimetry, gravimetry, and in situ data provides new insight into geostrophic and Ekman currents

(2014) M.-H. Rio et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Simulated Global Swell and Wind-Sea Climate and Their Responses to Anthropogenic Climate Change at the End of the Twenty-First Century

(2014) Yalin Fan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

(2014) Marcus Eriksen et al.   PLoS One

Plastic debris in the open ocean

(2014) A. Cozar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments

(2013) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoyant plastic debris

(2012) T. Kukulka et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The Stokes drift and wave induced-mass flux in the North Pacific

(2012) Hitoshi Tamura et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans

(2012) L.C.-M. Lebreton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A global wave parameter database for geophysical applications. Part 2: Model validation with improved source term parameterization

(2012) Nicolas Rascle et al.   OCEAN MODELLING

Pathways of marine debris derived from trajectories of Lagrangian drifters

(2011) Nikolai Maximenko et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Debris dispersal modeling for the great Sumatra Tsunamis on Banda Aceh and surrounding waters

(2011) Gegar Prasetya et al.   NATURAL HAZARDS

The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system

(2011) D. P. Dee et al.   QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean

(2010) Skye Morét-Ferguson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Floating marine debris surface drift: Convergence and accumulation toward the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2009) Elodie Martinez et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity

(2008) Jennifer L Molnar et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

An operational search and rescue model for the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea

(2007) Øyvind Breivik et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS