Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris

(2019) Nanna B. Hartmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Polystyrene nanoparticles affect the innate immune system of the Antarctic sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri

(2019) E. Bergami et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Effects of polyethylene microplastics on the gut microbial community, reproduction and avoidance behaviors of the soil springtail, Folsomia candida

(2019) Hui Ju et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics: an emerging threat to food security and human health

(2019) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE

Collembola laterally move biochar particles

(2019) Stefanie Maaß et al.   PLoS One

Microplastics as contaminants in the soil environment: A mini-review

(2019) Jiao Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region

(2019) Filipa Bessa et al.   Scientific Reports

Towards an ecology of soil microplastics

(2019) Maxwell S. Helmberger et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Exploring the impacts of plastics in soil – The effects of polyester textile fibers on soil invertebrates

(2019) Salla Selonen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microplastics in marine sediments near Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

(2018) Sarah Reed et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics in soil: Analytical methods and possible sources

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

Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition

(2018) Dong Zhu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Evolutionary implications of microplastics for soil biota

(2018) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Do plastics serve as a possible vector for the spread of antibiotic resistance? First insights from bacteria associated to a polystyrene piece from King George Island (Antarctica)

(2018) Pasqualina Laganà et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Widespread detection of a brominated flame retardant, hexabromocyclododecane, in expanded polystyrene marine debris and microplastics from South Korea and the Asia-Pacific coastal region

(2017) Mi Jang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Transport of microplastics by two collembolan species

(2017) Stefanie Maaß et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2017) Cristina Munari et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics as a vector for the transport of the bacterial fish pathogen species Aeromonas salmonicida

(2017) Manca Kovač Viršek et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Climate change drives expansion of Antarctic ice-free habitat

(2017) Jasmine R. Lee et al.   NATURE

Colonization of Polystyrene Microparticles by Vibrio crassostreae: Light and Electron Microscopic Investigation

(2016) Valentin Foulon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

(2016) Inga V. Kirstein et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in penguins of the genus Pygoscelis in Admiralty Bay — An Antarctic specially managed area

(2016) Rosalinda C. Montone et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Trace element contamination and availability in the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

(2016) Ana Padeiro et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

Occurrence of organochlorine pesticides in the environmental matrices from King George Island, west Antarctica

(2015) Qinghua Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Using Fourier transform IR spectroscopy to analyze biological materials

(2014) Matthew J Baker et al.   Nature Protocols

Plastic debris in the open ocean

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

Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia

(2013) Claire M. Waluda et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Analysis of water sorption and thermal conductivity of expanded polystyrene insulation materials

(2012) Ákos Lakatos et al.   Building Services Engineering Research & Technology

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in snow, lake, surface runoff water and coastal seawater in Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

(2012) Minghong Cai et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

Antarctic terrestrial life – challenging the history of the frozen continent?

(2008) Peter Convey et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in lichens and mosses from King George Island, maritime Antarctica

(2008) G.T. Yogui et al.   CHEMOSPHERE