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More than 1000 Rivers Account For 80 % of Global Riverine Plastic Emission Into The Ocean
Year of Publication
2021
This study examines riverine plastic pollution using an approach that includes geographically distributed data on plastic waste, land use, wind, precipitation, and rivers and calculates the probability for plastic waste to reach a river and subsequently the ocean.
Source:
Science Advances
Author(s):
Lourens J. J. Meijer, Tim van Emmerik, Ruud van der Ent, Christian Schmidt, Laurent Lebreton
Geography:
Global
Type:
Measurement(Landscape), Measurement(System, Market, Tool)
Purpose of Measurement:
Understanding the Problem
Impact theme(s):
Material Flows, Oceans
This study examines riverine plastic pollution using an approach that includes geographically distributed data on plastic waste, land use, wind, precipitation, and rivers and calculates the probability for plastic waste to reach a river and subsequently the ocean.
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