Continental microplastics: Presence, features, and environmental transport pathways

Sedimentary microplastic concentrations from the Romanian Danube River to the Black Sea

(2021) Iulian Pojar et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastic Contamination in Snow from Western Italian Alps

(2021) Marco Parolini et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The Plastic Cycle – An Unknown Branch of the Carbon Cycle

(2021) Xia Zhu   Frontiers in Marine Science

Distribution Patterns of Microplastics in Seawater Surface at a Portuguese Estuary and Marine Park

(2021) Diana Rodrigues et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Spatial and temporal distribution of microplastic in surface water of tropical estuary: Case study in Benoa Bay, Bali, Indonesia

(2021) Yulianto Suteja et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Urbanization and hydrological conditions drive the spatial and temporal variability of microplastic pollution in the Garonne River

(2021) Aline Reis de Carvalho et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Assessing small-scale freshwater microplastics pollution, land-use, source-to-sink conduits, and pollution risks: Perspectives from Japanese rivers polluted with microplastics

(2021) A. H. M. Enamul Kabir et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution of worldwide lakes

(2021) Julia Dusaucy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic contamination is ubiquitous in riparian soils and strongly related to elevation, precipitation and population density

(2021) Yanfei Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Occurrence of personal protective equipment (PPE) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic along the coast of Lima, Peru

(2021) Gabriel E. De-la-Torre et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

EXPRESS: Reporting Guidelines to Increase the Reproducibility and Comparability of Research on Microplastics

(2020) Win Cowger et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives

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

Microplastic pollution of the Tamsui River and its tributaries in northern Taiwan: Spatial heterogeneity and correlation with precipitation

(2020) Graham Wong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Agricultural plastic mulching as a source of microplastics in the terrestrial environment

(2020) Yi Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Observations and idealized modelling of microplastic transport in estuaries: The exemplary case of an upwelling system (Ría de Vigo, NW Spain)

(2020) Manuel Díez-Minguito et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

Microplastics: All up in the air?

(2020) Peter S. Liss   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Examination of the ocean as a source for atmospheric microplastics

(2020) Steve Allen et al.   PLoS One

Microplastics entering northwestern Lake Ontario are diverse and linked to urban sources

(2020) Jelena Grbić et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Aquatic vascular plants – A forgotten piece of nature in microplastic research

(2020) Gabriela Kalčíková   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Metro station free drinking water fountain- A potential “microplastics hotspot” for human consumption

(2020) V.C. Shruti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sewage sludge application as a vehicle for microplastics in eastern Spanish agricultural soils

(2020) Pim van den Berg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

COVID-19 Pandemic Repercussions on the Use and Management of Plastics

(2020) Joana C. Prata et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Environmental distribution, transport and ecotoxicity of microplastics: A review

(2020) Jia Du et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY

Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in the surface waters of the Chesapeake Bay

(2020) J. Bikker et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The global odyssey of plastic pollution

(2020) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   SCIENCE

Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States

(2020) Janice Brahney et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastics in the freshwater and terrestrial environments: Prevalence, fates, impacts and sustainable solutions

(2020) Johnny Kee Hong Wong et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Limited long-distance transport of plastic pollution by the Orange-Vaal River system, South Africa

(2020) Eleanor A. Weideman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Rainfall is a significant environmental factor of microplastic pollution in inland waters

(2020) Wulai Xia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Proceed with caution: The need to raise the publication bar for microplastics research

(2020) Jennifer F. Provencher et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The contamination of inland waters by microplastic fibres under different anthropogenic pressure: Preliminary study in Central Europe (Poland)

(2020) Anita Kaliszewicz et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

Atmospheric transport is a major pathway of microplastics to remote regions

(2020) N. Evangeliou et al.   Nature Communications

Occurrence of Microplastic Pollution at Oyster Reefs and Other Coastal Sites in the Mississippi Sound, USA: Impacts of Freshwater Inflows from Flooding

(2020) Austin Scircle et al.   Toxics

Spatial distribution of microplastics in soil with context to human activities: a case study from the urban center

(2020) Anam Rafique et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Spatial variation of floatable plastic debris and microplastics in the Pearl River Estuary, South China

(2020) Theresa Wing Ling Lam et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of microplastics in marine organisms: A review and meta-analysis of current data

(2020) Michaela E. Miller et al.   PLoS One

Comparative assessment of microplastics in water and sediment of a large European river

(2020) Christian Scherer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

London's river of plastic: High levels of microplastics in the Thames water column

(2020) Katharine H. Rowley et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The first report on the source-to-sink characterization of microplastic pollution from a riverine environment in tropical India

(2020) K. Amrutha et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

First evidence of microplastics in nine lakes across Patagonia (South America)

(2020) María Belén Alfonso et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Preferential transport of microplastics by wind

(2020) Joanna E. Bullard et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution and ecological risk assessment in an estuarine environment: The Dongshan Bay of China

(2020) Zhong Pan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Review of current trends, advances and analytical challenges for microplastics contamination in Latin America

(2020) Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in a deep, dimictic lake of the North German Plain with special regard to vertical distribution patterns

(2020) Matthias Tamminga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Gathering at the top? Environmental controls of microplastic uptake and biomagnification in freshwater food webs

(2020) Stefan Krause et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Global inventory of atmospheric fibrous microplastics input into the ocean: An implication from the indoor origin

(2020) Kai Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Hazardous microplastic characteristics and its role as a vector of heavy metal in groundwater and surface water of coastal south India

(2020) S. Selvam et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

First detection of microplastics in the freshwater of an Antarctic Specially Protected Area

(2020) Miguel González-Pleiter et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic distributions in a domestic wastewater treatment plant: Removal efficiency, seasonal variation and influence of sampling technique

(2020) Eric A. Ben-David et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics occurrence and frequency in soils under different land uses on a regional scale

(2020) Fabio Corradini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in soils: A review of methods, occurrence, fate, transport, ecological and environmental risks

(2020) Yujie Zhou et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic and other anthropogenic microparticles in water and sediments of Lake Simcoe

(2020) Miguel Eduardo L. Felismino et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

First evidence of microplastic contamination in the freshwater of Lake Guaíba, Porto Alegre, Brazil

(2020) Crislaine Bertoldi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Study of a stream in Argentina with a high concentration of microplastics: Preliminary analysis of the methodology

(2020) S. Montecinos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for the long-range transport of microplastics

(2020) Yulan Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2019) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   Nature Communications

Microplastic Contamination in Karst Groundwater Systems

(2019) Samuel V. Panno et al.   Groundwater

Evidence of Microplastic Ingestion by Fish from the Bahía Blanca Estuary in Argentina, South America

(2019) Andrés H. Arias et al.   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

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

Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Detection, occurrence and removal

(2019) Jing Sun et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Shedding light on the invisible: addressing the potential for groundwater contamination by plastic microfibers

(2019) Viviana Re   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

Evidence of microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils from sewage sludge disposal

(2019) Fabio Corradini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics and their possible sources: The example of Ofanto river in Southeast Italy

(2019) Claudia Campanale et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Consistent Transport of Terrestrial Microplastics to the Ocean through Atmosphere

(2019) Kai Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic accumulation and biomagnification in a coastal marine reserve situated in a sparsely populated area

(2019) A.M. Saley et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic concentrations, size distribution, and polymer types in the surface waters of a northern European lake

(2019) Emilia Uurasjärvi et al.   WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH

Analysis of suspended microplastics in the Changjiang Estuary: Implications for riverine plastic load to the ocean

(2019) Shiye Zhao et al.   WATER RESEARCH

White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic

(2019) Melanie Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

Airborne microplastics: a review study on method for analysis, occurrence, movement and risks

(2019) Christian Ebere Enyoh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Separation and identification of microplastics from soil and sewage sludge

(2019) Qinglan Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Focus topics on microplastics in soil: Analytical methods, occurrence, transport, and ecological risks

(2019) Jia Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Importance of atmospheric transport for microplastics deposited in remote areas

(2019) Yulan Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in subsurface waters of the western equatorial Atlantic (Brazil)

(2019) Tatiane Martins Garcia et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A baseline study of microplastics in the burrowing crab (Neohelice granulata) from a temperate southwestern Atlantic estuary

(2019) Diana M. Villagran et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in stormwater runoff in a semiarid region, Tijuana, Mexico

(2019) Teresita de Jesus Piñon-Colin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Atmospheric microplastic deposition in an urban environment and an evaluation of transport

(2019) S.L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Occurrence and characteristics of microplastics in surface road dust in Kusatsu (Japan), Da Nang (Vietnam), and Kathmandu (Nepal)

(2019) Satoru Yukioka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Advances and challenges of microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems: A UK perspective

(2019) Yuchuan Meng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Abundance and distribution of large microplastics (1–5 mm) within beach sediments at the Po River Delta, northeast Italy

(2019) Sarah Piehl et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Micro- and nano-plastics in marine environment: Source, distribution and threats — A review

(2019) Licheng Peng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, personal care products and microplastics contamination assessment of Al-Hassa irrigation network (Saudi Arabia) and its shallow lakes

(2019) Yolanda Picó et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Characterization of microplastics and the association of heavy metals with microplastics in suburban soil of central China

(2019) Yanfei Zhou et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of Italian Subalpine Lakes

(2018) Maria Sighicelli et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sources and distribution of microplastics in China's largest inland lake – Qinghai Lake

(2018) Xiong Xiong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2018) Mengting Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The distribution and morphology of microplastics in coastal soils adjacent to the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea

(2018) Qian Zhou et al.   GEODERMA

Suspended microplastics in a highly polluted bay: Abundance, size, and availability for mesozooplankton

(2018) Gisela M. Figueiredo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics research—from sink to source

(2018) Chelsea M. Rochman   SCIENCE

Synthetic and non-synthetic anthropogenic fibers in a river under the impact of Paris Megacity: Sampling methodological aspects and flux estimations

(2018) Rachid Dris 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

The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade

(2018) Amy L. Brooks et al.   Science Advances

Microplastics: Finding a consensus on the definition

(2018) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Low numbers of microplastics detected in drinking water from ground water sources

(2018) S.M. Mintenig et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Identification and quantification of macro- and microplastics on an agricultural farmland

(2018) Sarah Piehl et al.   Scientific Reports

The mysterious long-range transport of giant mineral dust particles

(2018) Michèlle van der Does et al.   Science Advances

Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition in water, sediments, and wild fish from Poyang Lake, China

(2018) Wenke Yuan et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Microplastics en route: Field measurements in the Dutch river delta and Amsterdam canals, wastewater treatment plants, North Sea sediments and biota

(2017) H.A. Leslie et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

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

(2017) Rachid Dris et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Aging of microplastics promotes their ingestion by marine zooplankton

(2017) Renske J.E. Vroom et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Fate of nano- and microplastic in freshwater systems: A modeling study

(2017) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

Inventory and transport of plastic debris in the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2017) Matthew J. Hoffman et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the sediments of Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica)

(2017) Cristina Munari et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics pollution in inland freshwaters of China: A case study in urban surface waters of Wuhan, China

(2017) Wenfeng Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A review on technological options of waste to energy for effective management of municipal solid waste

(2017) Atul Kumar et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Export of microplastics from land to sea. A modelling approach

(2017) Max Siegfried et al.   WATER RESEARCH

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

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

Wear and Tear of Tyres: A Stealthy Source of Microplastics in the Environment

(2017) Pieter Jan Kole et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Microplastic pollution of lakeshore sediments from remote lakes in Tibet plateau, China

(2016) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Are Agricultural Soils Dumps for Microplastics of Urban Origin?

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

Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing

(2016) U. Pirc et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

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

(2016) Rachid Dris 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

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

Plastic pollution in Swiss surface waters: nature and concentrations, interaction with pollutants

(2015) Florian Faure et al.   Environmental Chemistry

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

(2015) Rachid Dris et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Microplastic in three urban estuaries, China

(2015) Shiye Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥ 10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution

(2015) Kristina Enders et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Spatially explicit fate modelling of nanomaterials in natural waters

(2015) Joris T.K. Quik et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs

(2015) Dafne Eerkes-Medrano et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in Four Estuarine Rivers in the Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A.

(2014) Lance T. Yonkos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake

(2014) Christopher M. Free et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Contamination of beach sediments of a subalpine lake with microplastic particles

(2013) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The size distribution of desert dust aerosols and its impact on the Earth system

(2013) Natalie Mahowald et al.   Aeolian Research

Global Increasing Trends in Annual Maximum Daily Precipitation

(2012) Seth Westra et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

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 contemporary physical and chemical flux of aeolian dust: A synthesis of direct measurements of dust deposition

(2009) Corey R. Lawrence et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY