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

High colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption in surface waters of the central-eastern Arctic Ocean: Implications for biogeochemistry and ocean color algorithms

(2018) Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo et al.   PLoS One

Interactions between polystyrene microplastics and marine phytoplankton lead to species-specific hetero-aggregation

(2017) Marc Long et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Simultaneous Trace Identification and Quantification of Common Types of Microplastics in Environmental Samples by Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

(2017) Marten Fischer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The importance of sea ice for exchange of habitat-specific protist communities in the Central Arctic Ocean

(2017) Kristin Hardge et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

Modelling the long-term evolution of worst-case Arctic oil spills

(2017) Hauke Blanken et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the Southern Ocean

(2017) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine litter: Sea change for plastic pollution

(2017) Melanie Bergmann et al.   NATURE

Identification of microplastic in effluents of waste water treatment plants using focal plane array-based micro-Fourier-transform infrared imaging

(2017) S.M. Mintenig et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Increasing transnational sea-ice exchange in a changing Arctic Ocean

(2017) Robert Newton et al.   Earths Future

Mixing rates and vertical heat fluxes north of Svalbard from Arctic winter to spring

(2017) Amelie Meyer et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS

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

Modeling marine surface microplastic transport to assess optimal removal locations

(2016) Peter Sherman et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A quantitative assessment of Arctic shipping in 2010–2014

(2016) Victor M. Eguíluz et al.   Scientific Reports

Questions of size and numbers in environmental research on microplastics: methodological and conceptual aspects

(2015) Montserrat Filella   Environmental Chemistry

Interactions between microplastics and phytoplankton aggregates: Impact on their respective fates

(2015) Marc Long et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

Microplastics in the marine environment: Current trends and future perspectives

(2015) Luís Gabriel Antão Barboza 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

Circulation and transformation of Atlantic water in the Eurasian Basin and the contribution of the Fram Strait inflow branch to the Arctic Ocean heat budget

(2015) Bert Rudels et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Arctic Ocean circulation, processes and water masses: A description of observations and ideas with focus on the period prior to the International Polar Year 2007–2009

(2015) Bert Rudels   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastics in Arctic polar waters: the first reported values of particles in surface and sub-surface samples

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   Scientific Reports

Influence of climate model variability on projected Arctic shipping futures

(2015) Scott R. Stephenson et al.   Earths Future

Evidence of Arctic sea ice thinning from direct observations

(2014) Angelika H. H. Renner et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Microplastic pollution in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Validated and opportunistic sampling

(2014) Amy L. Lusher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean

(2014) Jean-Pierre W. Desforges et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice

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

An intercomparison of Arctic ice drift products to deduce uncertainty estimates

(2014) Hiroshi Sumata et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS

Arctic marine fishes and their fisheries in light of global change

(2013) Jørgen S. Christiansen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Origin, dynamics and evolution of ocean garbage patches from observed surface drifters

(2012) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Enhanced Arctic Sea Ice Drift Estimation Merging Radiometer and Scatterometer Data

(2012) Fanny Girard-Ardhuin et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING

The Arctic’s rapidly shrinking sea ice cover: a research synthesis

(2011) Julienne C. Stroeve et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Trends in Arctic sea ice drift and role of wind forcing: 1992-2009

(2011) Gunnar Spreen et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Combined XPS and contact angle studies of flat and rough ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer films

(2011) M. D. Doganci et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Seasonal development and differential retention of ice algae and other organic fractions in first-year Arctic sea ice

(2011) AR Juhl et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Tracking the Movement and Changing Surface Characteristics of Arctic Sea Ice

(2010) Mark Tschudi et al.   IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Recycling and recovery routes of plastic solid waste (PSW): A review

(2009) S.M. Al-Salem et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Reduced ice thickness in Arctic Transpolar Drift favors rapid ice retreat

(2008) Christian Haas et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS