Airborne microplastic particles detected in the remote marine atmosphere
International audience Anthropogenic pollution from marine microplastic particles is a growing concern, both as a source of toxic compounds, and because they can transport pathogens and other pollutants. Airborne microplastic particles were previously observed over terrestrial and coastal locations,...
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ftsorbonneuniv:oai:HAL:hal-03434730v1 2024-09-09T19:57:01+00:00 Airborne microplastic particles detected in the remote marine atmosphere Trainic, Miri Flores, J, Michel Pinkas, Iddo Pedrotti, Maria, Luiza Lombard, Fabien Bourdin, Guillaume Gorsky, Gabriel Boss, Emmanuel Rudich, Yinon Vardi, Assaf Koren, Ilan Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV) Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2020-12 https://hal.science/hal-03434730 https://hal.science/hal-03434730/document https://hal.science/hal-03434730/file/s43247-020-00061-y.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00061-y en eng HAL CCSD Springer Nature info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s43247-020-00061-y hal-03434730 https://hal.science/hal-03434730 https://hal.science/hal-03434730/document https://hal.science/hal-03434730/file/s43247-020-00061-y.pdf doi:10.1038/s43247-020-00061-y http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2662-4435 Communications Earth & Environment https://hal.science/hal-03434730 Communications Earth & Environment, 2020, 1, ⟨10.1038/s43247-020-00061-y⟩ [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2020 ftsorbonneuniv https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00061-y 2024-07-25T23:47:52Z International audience Anthropogenic pollution from marine microplastic particles is a growing concern, both as a source of toxic compounds, and because they can transport pathogens and other pollutants. Airborne microplastic particles were previously observed over terrestrial and coastal locations, but not in the remote ocean. Here, we collected ambient aerosol samples in the North Atlantic Ocean, including the remote marine atmosphere, during the Tara Pacific expedition in May-June 2016, and chemically characterized them using micro-Raman spectroscopy. We detected a range of airborne microplastics, including polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, and poly-silicone compounds. Polyethylene and polypropylene were also found in seawater, suggesting local production of airborne microplastic particles. Terminal velocity estimations and back trajectory analysis support this conclusion. For technical reasons, only particles larger than 5 µm, at the upper end of a typical marine atmospheric size distribution, were analyzed, suggesting that our analyses underestimate the presence of airborne microplastic particles in the remote marine atmosphere. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic HAL Sorbonne Université Pacific Communications Earth & Environment 1 1 |
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International audience Anthropogenic pollution from marine microplastic particles is a growing concern, both as a source of toxic compounds, and because they can transport pathogens and other pollutants. Airborne microplastic particles were previously observed over terrestrial and coastal locations, but not in the remote ocean. Here, we collected ambient aerosol samples in the North Atlantic Ocean, including the remote marine atmosphere, during the Tara Pacific expedition in May-June 2016, and chemically characterized them using micro-Raman spectroscopy. We detected a range of airborne microplastics, including polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, and poly-silicone compounds. Polyethylene and polypropylene were also found in seawater, suggesting local production of airborne microplastic particles. Terminal velocity estimations and back trajectory analysis support this conclusion. For technical reasons, only particles larger than 5 µm, at the upper end of a typical marine atmospheric size distribution, were analyzed, suggesting that our analyses underestimate the presence of airborne microplastic particles in the remote marine atmosphere. |
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Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV) Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Airborne microplastic particles detected in the remote marine atmosphere |
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