Plastic pollution in the Arctic
Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human activity, such as the deep seafloor. In this Review, we describe the sources and impacts of Arctic plastic pollution, including plastic debris and microplastics, which have infiltrated terrestrial and aquatic syst...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:54388 2024-09-15T17:51:10+00:00 Plastic pollution in the Arctic Bergmann, Melanie Collard, France Fabres, Joan Gabrielsen, GW Provencher, JF Rochman, CM van Sebille, Erik Tekman, Mine Banu 2022 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54388/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.8dfb002c-e33b-494f-b66a-ee733065ac34 unknown Bergmann, M. orcid:0000-0001-5212-9808 , Collard, F. , Fabres, J. , Gabrielsen, G. , Provencher, J. , Rochman, C. , van Sebille, E. and Tekman, M. B. orcid:0000-0002-6915-0176 (2022) Plastic pollution in the Arctic , Nature Reviews Earth & Environment . doi:10.1038/s43017-022-00279-8 <https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00279-8> , hdl:10013/epic.8dfb002c-e33b-494f-b66a-ee733065ac34 EPIC3Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Article isiRev 2022 ftawi 2024-06-24T04:27:29Z Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human activity, such as the deep seafloor. In this Review, we describe the sources and impacts of Arctic plastic pollution, including plastic debris and microplastics, which have infiltrated terrestrial and aquatic systems, the cryosphere and the atmosphere. Although some pollution is from local sources — fisheries, landfills, wastewater and offshore industrial activity — distant regions are a substantial source, as plastic is carried from lower latitudes to the Arctic by ocean currents, atmospheric transport and rivers. Once in the Arctic, plastic pollution accumulates in certain areas and affects local ecosystems. Population-level information is sparse, but interactions such as entanglements and ingestion of marine debris have been recorded for mammals, seabirds, fish and invertebrates. Early evidence also suggests interactions between climate change and plastic pollution. Even if plastic emissions are halted today, fragmentation of legacy plastic will lead to an increasing microplastic burden in Arctic ecosystems, which are already under pressure from anthropogenic warming. Mitigation is urgently needed at both regional and international levels to decrease plastic production and utilization, achieve circularity and optimize solid waste management and wastewater treatment. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) |
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Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human activity, such as the deep seafloor. In this Review, we describe the sources and impacts of Arctic plastic pollution, including plastic debris and microplastics, which have infiltrated terrestrial and aquatic systems, the cryosphere and the atmosphere. Although some pollution is from local sources — fisheries, landfills, wastewater and offshore industrial activity — distant regions are a substantial source, as plastic is carried from lower latitudes to the Arctic by ocean currents, atmospheric transport and rivers. Once in the Arctic, plastic pollution accumulates in certain areas and affects local ecosystems. Population-level information is sparse, but interactions such as entanglements and ingestion of marine debris have been recorded for mammals, seabirds, fish and invertebrates. Early evidence also suggests interactions between climate change and plastic pollution. Even if plastic emissions are halted today, fragmentation of legacy plastic will lead to an increasing microplastic burden in Arctic ecosystems, which are already under pressure from anthropogenic warming. Mitigation is urgently needed at both regional and international levels to decrease plastic production and utilization, achieve circularity and optimize solid waste management and wastewater treatment. |
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Bergmann, M. orcid:0000-0001-5212-9808 , Collard, F. , Fabres, J. , Gabrielsen, G. , Provencher, J. , Rochman, C. , van Sebille, E. and Tekman, M. B. orcid:0000-0002-6915-0176 (2022) Plastic pollution in the Arctic , Nature Reviews Earth & Environment . doi:10.1038/s43017-022-00279-8 <https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00279-8> , hdl:10013/epic.8dfb002c-e33b-494f-b66a-ee733065ac34 |
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