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

2018/03/12 by Rachel Hurley, Jamie Woodward, James Rothwell +1 · 1 voice · 10 citations
Environmental Science · #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution #Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

paper · doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0080-1

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• 전세계 강과 바다가 만나는 지역들에 미세플라스틱 오염도를 측정한 연구들을 모아보니 당당히(?) 한국의 인천 등지와 낙동강 하구가 꽤나 높은 걸로... 물론 측정 방식이 표준화 된 게 아니고 여러 한계가 있는 듯 하긴 한데 그럼에도 어떤 경향 - 굉장히 오염되었다는 걸 보여주는 듯 하다. Hurley et al. 2018. “Microplastic Con [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]