The occurrence and transport of microplastics: The state of the science

Occurrence and Spatial Distribution of Microplastics in the Surface Waters of Lake Naivasha, Kenya

(2020) Francis Kigera Migwi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Microplastics in Kuwait marine environment: Results of first survey

(2020) Talat Saeed et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A Detailed Review Study on Potential Effects of Microplastics and Additives of Concern on Human Health

(2020) Campanale et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives

(2020) Yulan Zhang et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Transport and Burial of Microplastics in Deep-Marine Sediments by Turbidity Currents

(2020) Florian Pohl et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic contamination in east Antarctic sea ice

(2020) A. Kelly et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Examination of the ocean as a source for atmospheric microplastics

(2020) Steve Allen et al.   PLoS One

Seafloor microplastic hotspots controlled by deep-sea circulation

(2020) Ian A. Kane et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastics in sea ice and seawater beneath ice floes from the Arctic Ocean

(2020) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   Scientific Reports

Differentially charged nanoplastics demonstrate distinct accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2020) Xiao-Dong Sun et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Atmospheric transport is a major pathway of microplastics to remote regions

(2020) N. Evangeliou et al.   Nature Communications

Emerging Concerns about Microplastic Pollution on Groundwater in South Korea

(2020) Heejung Kim et al.   Sustainability

Effective uptake of submicrometre plastics by crop plants via a crack-entry mode

(2020) Lianzhen Li et al.   Nature Sustainability

Photo-aging of polyvinyl chloride microplastic in the presence of natural organic acids

(2020) Chao Wang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

What are the drivers of microplastic toxicity? Comparing the toxicity of plastic chemicals and particles to Daphnia magna

(2020) Lisa Zimmermann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Contamination in Karst Groundwater Systems

(2019) Samuel V. Panno et al.   Groundwater

Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite

(2019) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Occurrence and Ecological Impacts of Microplastics in Soil Systems: A Review

(2019) Fengxiao Zhu et al.   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Microplastics in the marine environment: Current trends in environmental pollution and mechanisms of toxicological profile

(2019) Chibuisi Gideon Alimba et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Distribution of plastic polymer types in the marine environment; A meta-analysis

(2019) Gabriel Erni-Cassola et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Microplastic abundance in atmospheric deposition within the Metropolitan area of Hamburg, Germany

(2019) Malin Klein et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Widespread distribution of PET and PC microplastics in dust in urban China and their estimated human exposure

(2019) Chunguang Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastics undergo accelerated vertical migration in sand soil due to small size and wet-dry cycles

(2019) David O'Connor et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The Plastic Cycle: A Novel and Holistic Paradigm for the Anthropocene

(2019) Michael S. Bank et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Wind erosion as a driver for transport of light density microplastics

(2019) Mahrooz Rezaei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The vertical distribution and biological transport of marine microplastics across the epipelagic and mesopelagic water column

(2019) C. Anela Choy et al.   Scientific Reports

Dispersion, Accumulation, and the Ultimate Fate of Microplastics in Deep-Marine Environments: A Review and Future Directions

(2019) Ian A. Kane et al.   Frontiers in Earth Science

Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill: A source of microplastics? -Evidence of microplastics in landfill leachate

(2019) Pinjing He et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Ice Nucleation of Model Nanoplastics and Microplastics: A Novel Synthetic Protocol and the Influence of Particle Capping at Diverse Atmospheric Environments

(2019) Mainak Ganguly et al.   ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Separation and identification of microplastics from soil and sewage sludge

(2019) Qinglan Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Modeling transport of microplastics in enclosed coastal waters: A case study in the Fethiye Inner Bay

(2019) Asli Numanoglu Genc et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Toxicity of microplastics and natural particles in the freshwater dipteran Chironomus riparius: Same same but different?

(2019) Christian Scherer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region

(2019) Filipa Bessa et al.   Scientific Reports

A Case-Study Application of the Experimental Watershed Study Design to Advance Adaptive Management of Contemporary Watersheds

(2019) Jason A. Hubbart et al.   Water

Environmental samples of microplastics induce significant toxic effects in fish larvae

(2019) Pauline Pannetier et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Tire Abrasion as a Major Source of Microplastics in the Environment

(2018) Frank Sommer et al.   Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?

(2018) Julien Gigault et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Investigating microplastic trophic transfer in marine top predators

(2018) Sarah E. Nelms et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic and mesoplastic pollution in farmland soils in suburbs of Shanghai, China

(2018) Mengting Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Aggregation, Deposition, and Enhanced Contaminant Transport

(2018) Olubukola S. Alimi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Enantiospecific toxicity, distribution and bioaccumulation of chiral antidepressant venlafaxine and its metabolite in loach ( Misgurnus anguillicaudatus ) co-exposed to microplastic and the drugs

(2018) Han Qu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastic contamination of river beds significantly reduced by catchment-wide flooding

(2018) Rachel Hurley et al.   Nature Geoscience

Occurrence and distribution of microplastics at selected coastal sites along the southeastern United States

(2018) Xubiao Yu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system: Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat ( Triticum aestivum ) growth

(2018) Yueling Qi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A simple method for the extraction and identification of light density microplastics from soil

(2018) Shaoliang Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastics in soil: Analytical methods and possible sources

(2018) Melanie Bläsing et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Interaction of toxic chemicals with microplastics: A critical review

(2018) Fen Wang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

(2018) Ilka Peeken et al.   Nature Communications

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

(2018) L. Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

Enhanced adsorption of oxytetracycline to weathered microplastic polystyrene: Kinetics, isotherms and influencing factors

(2018) Haibo Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Worldwide distribution and abundance of microplastic: How dire is the situation?

(2018) Fauziah Shahul Hamid et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

Microplastic in riverine fish is connected to species traits

(2018) R. E. McNeish et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastics increase mercury bioconcentration in gills and bioaccumulation in the liver, and cause oxidative stress and damage in Dicentrarchus labrax juveniles

(2018) Luís Gabriel Antão Barboza et al.   Scientific Reports

Assessment of the sources and inflow processes of microplastics in the river environments of Japan

(2018) Tomoya Kataoka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Interactive effects of polystyrene microplastics and roxithromycin on bioaccumulation and biochemical status in the freshwater fish red tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

(2018) Shanshan Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence and Composition of Microplastics in the Seabed Sediments of the Coral Communities in Proximity of a Metropolitan Area

(2018) Chi Cheang et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Abundance, Distribution, and Drivers of Microplastic Contamination in Urban River Environments

(2018) Joseph Tibbetts et al.   Water

High levels of microplastic pollution in the sediments and benthic organisms of the South Yellow Sea, China

(2018) Jun Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sorption behavior and mechanism of hydrophilic organic chemicals to virgin and aged microplastics in freshwater and seawater

(2018) Guangzhou Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A first overview of textile fibers, including microplastics, in indoor and outdoor environments

(2017) Rachid Dris et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution identified in deep-sea water and ingested by benthic invertebrates in the Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean

(2017) Winnie Courtene-Jones et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Incorporation of microplastics from litter into burrows of Lumbricus terrestris

(2017) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of biofouling on the sinking behavior of microplastics

(2017) David Kaiser et al.   Environmental Research Letters

All is not lost: deriving a top-down mass budget of plastic at sea

(2017) Albert A Koelmans et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Occurrence and Characteristics of Microplastic Pollution in Xiangxi Bay of Three Gorges Reservoir, China

(2017) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in deposited urban dust, Tehran metropolis, Iran

(2017) Sharareh Dehghani et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Characteristic of microplastics in the atmospheric fallout from Dongguan city, China: preliminary research and first evidence

(2017) Liqi Cai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

The adverse effects of virgin microplastics on the fertilization and larval development of sea urchins

(2017) Concepción Martínez-Gómez et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK – Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Bioturbation transports secondary microplastics to deeper layers in soft marine sediments of the northern Baltic Sea

(2017) Pinja Näkki et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Evaluation of mesofauna communities as soil quality indicators in a national-level monitoring programme

(2017) Paul B.L. George et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Ingestion of microplastics by fish and its potential consequences from a physical perspective

(2017) Boris Jovanović   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of plastic film residues on occurrence of phthalates and microbial activity in soils

(2016) Jun Wang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Effects of nanoplastics and microplastics on toxicity, bioaccumulation, and environmental fate of phenanthrene in fresh water

(2016) Yini Ma et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Are Agricultural Soils Dumps for Microplastics of Urban Origin?

(2016) Luca Nizzetto et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Synthetic fibers in atmospheric fallout: A source of microplastics in the environment?

(2016) Rachid Dris et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments

(2016) Anika Ballent et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Oyster reproduction is affected by exposure to polystyrene microplastics

(2016) Rossana Sussarellu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plastic mulching in agriculture. Trading short-term agronomic benefits for long-term soil degradation?

(2016) Zacharias Steinmetz et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Leachate from microplastics impairs larval development in brown mussels

(2016) Pablo Pena Gandara e Silva et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Transport and fate of microplastic particles in wastewater treatment plants

(2016) Steve A. Carr et al.   WATER RESEARCH

A theoretical assessment of microplastic transport in river catchments and their retention by soils and river sediments

(2016) Luca Nizzetto et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters

(2016) Giuseppe Suaria et al.   Scientific Reports

Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in Wastewater Using Focal Plane Array-Based Reflectance Micro-FT-IR Imaging

(2015) Alexander S. Tagg et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterisation of microplastics and toxic chemicals extracted from microplastic samples from the North Pacific Gyre

(2015) Lorena M. Rios Mendoza et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Microplastic contamination in an urban area: a case study in Greater Paris

(2015) Rachid Dris et al.   Environmental Chemistry

The impact of debris on marine life

(2015) S.C. Gall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A comparison of microscopic and spectroscopic identification methods for analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

(2015) Young Kyoung Song et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The ecosystem service approach and its application as a tool for integrated coastal management

(2015) Carla I. Elliff et al.   Natureza & Conservacao

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Polyethylene film incorporation into the horticultural soil of small periurban production units in Argentina

(2015) Laura Ramos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

‘White revolution’ to ‘white pollution’—agricultural plastic film mulch in China

(2014) E K Liu et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River

(2014) Amanda McCormick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Marine Litter Distribution and Density in European Seas, from the Shelves to Deep Basins

(2014) Christopher K. Pham et al.   PLoS One

Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice

(2014) Rachel W. Obbard et al.   Earths Future

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

(2014) L. C. Woodall et al.   Royal Society Open Science

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris

(2013) Erik R. Zettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sorption capacity of plastic debris for hydrophobic organic chemicals

(2013) Hwang Lee et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Polyethylene and biodegradable mulches for agricultural applications: a review

(2012) Subrahmaniyan Kasirajan et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Effects of Microplastic on Fitness and PCB Bioaccumulation by the Lugworm Arenicola marina (L.)

(2012) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic in Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Soil?

(2012) Matthias C. Rillig   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The nature and origin of deep ocean clay crust from the Gulf of Guinea

(2012) M. KUO et al.   GEOTECHNIQUE

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

(2011) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Are marine plastic particles transport vectors for organic pollutants to the Arctic?

(2010) Christiane Zarfl et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Applications and societal benefits of plastics

(2009) A. L. Andrady et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plastics recycling: challenges and opportunities

(2009) J. Hopewell et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Leachates from plastic consumer products – Screening for toxicity with Daphnia magna

(2008) Delilah Lithner et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Effect of different biodegradable and polyethylene mulches on soil properties and production in a tomato crop

(2008) M.M. Moreno et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

Potential benefits and risks of land application of sewage sludge

(2007) R.P. Singh et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT