On the basis of a literature review, this study examines the interactions between climate change and marine litter, and the compounding global risks to biodiversity and society. The paper highlights that at the global scale, principles and approaches of treaties and conventions for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity can assist in understanding the cumulative impacts of marine litter and climate change, thereby improving marine ecosystem resilience. Climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as marine litter reduction, can also be developed and implemented by countries in order to deal with the threats posed by marine litter and climate change. In order to implement effective actions, resilience frameworks that incorporate both climate change and marine litter need to be developed. When climate change is integrated with other local stressors, ecosystem resilience approaches offer a suitable framework for incorporating the consideration of marine litter as a risk and for steering, coordinating, prioritizing research and monitoring, policy, and planning in order to effectively address the combined risks and impacts of climate change and marine litter.
The current study examines the contamination of microplastics in three greenhouse types: abandoned, normal, and simple. The findings revealed that the abundance of microplastics was found to be the highest in the abandoned greenhouse, followed by the normal greenhouse and simple greenhouse. The mean abundance of microplastic organic fertilizer and irrigation water was also high.[…]
The study examines the distribution of residual film after eight years of film mulching in mid-April 2018. Results from the study revealed that eight years of mulching significantly increased the quantity of agricultural mulch film residues in the soil. The size of residual film fragments was found to vary from 0.25 cm2 to 109 cm2,[…]
A study in Yuanmou County, Yunnan Province, investigated microplastic pollution in different land uses, including facility farmland, traditional farmland, orchard, grassland, and woodland. Results showed a significant difference in microplastic abundance and characteristics between different land use types. Facility farmlands, traditional farmlands, and orchard lands had higher microplastic abundance than grasslands and woodlands. The main[…]
The study analysed 225 soil samples from maize planting zones in northern China, revealing that long-term plastic film mulching increases microplastic pollution in agricultural soils. The abundance of microplastics was significantly higher in mulched soils (754 ± 477 items kg-1) than in non-mulched soils (376 ± 149 items kg-1). The length of time with film[…]
The study examined the relative abundances and morphological distributions of microplastics (MPs) in water, sediments, and farmland soils in the Caohai Lake region. The estuary in the study area was considered a potential sink for MP transportation. Transparent and black MPs accounted for a large proportion of MPs in the five environments, with possible sources[…]