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author Brewster, Chase W
Morse, Molly R
Fournier, Robert J
Joseph, Lucas
Baechler, Britta R
De Frond, Hannah
Assumpcao, Thaine Herman
Kita Pritasari, A
Zahrah, Yunisa
Situmorang, Gulontam
Mikola, Anssi
Becerra, Nicole
Pérez, José
Grønneberg, Inty
Quiros, Alvaro
Endara de Heras, Mirei
Watemberg, Sandy
Okoth, Clifford
Sikawa, Martina
Okoth, Moses
Scott, James
Norzagaray Román, Ma Del Rosario
Crevoshay-Engelmayer, Fay
Kemsley, Angela
Tran, Vien
Whitehouse, Sandra
Thu, Ho Thi Yen
Ritchie, Stephanie
Haertl, Dominik
McCarthy, Michael
Mahfood, Caroline
McCauley, Douglas J
author_facet Brewster, Chase W
Morse, Molly R
Fournier, Robert J
Joseph, Lucas
Baechler, Britta R
De Frond, Hannah
Assumpcao, Thaine Herman
Kita Pritasari, A
Zahrah, Yunisa
Situmorang, Gulontam
Mikola, Anssi
Becerra, Nicole
Pérez, José
Grønneberg, Inty
Quiros, Alvaro
Endara de Heras, Mirei
Watemberg, Sandy
Okoth, Clifford
Sikawa, Martina
Okoth, Moses
Scott, James
Norzagaray Román, Ma Del Rosario
Crevoshay-Engelmayer, Fay
Kemsley, Angela
Tran, Vien
Whitehouse, Sandra
Thu, Ho Thi Yen
Ritchie, Stephanie
Haertl, Dominik
McCarthy, Michael
Mahfood, Caroline
McCauley, Douglas J
Brewster, Chase W
Morse, Molly R
Fournier, Robert J
Joseph, Lucas
Baechler, Britta R
De Frond, Hannah
Assumpcao, Thaine Herman
Kita Pritasari, A
Zahrah, Yunisa
Situmorang, Gulontam
Mikola, Anssi
Becerra, Nicole
Pérez, José
Grønneberg, Inty
Quiros, Alvaro
Endara de Heras, Mirei
Watemberg, Sandy
Okoth, Clifford
Sikawa, Martina
Okoth, Moses
Scott, James
Norzagaray Román, Ma Del Rosario
Crevoshay-Engelmayer, Fay
Kemsley, Angela
Tran, Vien
Whitehouse, Sandra
Thu, Ho Thi Yen
Ritchie, Stephanie
Haertl, Dominik
McCarthy, Michael
Mahfood, Caroline
McCauley, Douglas J
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Assessing macroplastic debris collected from eight diverse river systems across four continents: Insights from synchronous three-year community-led research efforts. Brewster, Chase W Morse, Molly R Fournier, Robert J Joseph, Lucas Baechler, Britta R De Frond, Hannah Assumpcao, Thaine Herman Kita Pritasari, A Zahrah, Yunisa Situmorang, Gulontam Mikola, Anssi Becerra, Nicole Pérez, José Grønneberg, Inty Quiros, Alvaro Endara de Heras, Mirei Watemberg, Sandy Okoth, Clifford Sikawa, Martina Okoth, Moses Scott, James Norzagaray Román, Ma Del Rosario Crevoshay-Engelmayer, Fay Kemsley, Angela Tran, Vien Whitehouse, Sandra Thu, Ho Thi Yen Ritchie, Stephanie Haertl, Dominik McCarthy, Michael Mahfood, Caroline McCauley, Douglas J Rivers Plastics Environmental Monitoring Plastic pollution is an urgent and growing threat to human and planetary health. Rivers transport large volumes of plastic pollution across and between Earth's systems, providing opportunistic and strategic focal points for collection and quantitative assessments of plastic debris. A dearth of empirical, in situ studies of riverine plastic debris in scientific literature highlights the need for more research conducted in rivers across diverse contexts to better understand riverine plastic debris and inform upstream solutions. We present and analyze a dataset on macroplastic debris collected over three years (2020-2023) in a nearly continuous and synchronous fashion from eight diverse river systems in eight countries across four continents. We observed the majority (66 %) of the 3.8M kg of debris collected and analyzed in these river systems to be plastic. The compositions of polymers, single-use plastic items, and end-of-life fates of the collected plastic debris varied substantially between river systems. We discuss how differences in socioeconomic, regulatory, and infrastructure conditions across study sites begin to explain some of the observed variation. From these data insights, we share local and global recommendations for actions that could help reduce the flow of plastic debris into rivers in the first place. This research adds to our growing understanding of plastic pollution locally in these specific river systems as well as globally at a moment when the international community is actively working towards a global policy instrument to end plastic pollution.
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spellingShingle Assessing macroplastic debris collected from eight diverse river systems across four continents: Insights from synchronous three-year community-led research efforts.
Brewster, Chase W
Morse, Molly R
Fournier, Robert J
Joseph, Lucas
Baechler, Britta R
De Frond, Hannah
Assumpcao, Thaine Herman
Kita Pritasari, A
Zahrah, Yunisa
Situmorang, Gulontam
Mikola, Anssi
Becerra, Nicole
Pérez, José
Grønneberg, Inty
Quiros, Alvaro
Endara de Heras, Mirei
Watemberg, Sandy
Okoth, Clifford
Sikawa, Martina
Okoth, Moses
Scott, James
Norzagaray Román, Ma Del Rosario
Crevoshay-Engelmayer, Fay
Kemsley, Angela
Tran, Vien
Whitehouse, Sandra
Thu, Ho Thi Yen
Ritchie, Stephanie
Haertl, Dominik
McCarthy, Michael
Mahfood, Caroline
McCauley, Douglas J
Rivers
Plastics
Environmental Monitoring
Assessing macroplastic debris collected from eight diverse river systems across four continents: Insights from synchronous three-year community-led research efforts. Brewster, Chase W Morse, Molly R Fournier, Robert J Joseph, Lucas Baechler, Britta R De Frond, Hannah Assumpcao, Thaine Herman Kita Pritasari, A Zahrah, Yunisa Situmorang, Gulontam Mikola, Anssi Becerra, Nicole Pérez, José Grønneberg, Inty Quiros, Alvaro Endara de Heras, Mirei Watemberg, Sandy Okoth, Clifford Sikawa, Martina Okoth, Moses Scott, James Norzagaray Román, Ma Del Rosario Crevoshay-Engelmayer, Fay Kemsley, Angela Tran, Vien Whitehouse, Sandra Thu, Ho Thi Yen Ritchie, Stephanie Haertl, Dominik McCarthy, Michael Mahfood, Caroline McCauley, Douglas J Rivers Plastics Environmental Monitoring Plastic pollution is an urgent and growing threat to human and planetary health. Rivers transport large volumes of plastic pollution across and between Earth's systems, providing opportunistic and strategic focal points for collection and quantitative assessments of plastic debris. A dearth of empirical, in situ studies of riverine plastic debris in scientific literature highlights the need for more research conducted in rivers across diverse contexts to better understand riverine plastic debris and inform upstream solutions. We present and analyze a dataset on macroplastic debris collected over three years (2020-2023) in a nearly continuous and synchronous fashion from eight diverse river systems in eight countries across four continents. We observed the majority (66 %) of the 3.8M kg of debris collected and analyzed in these river systems to be plastic. The compositions of polymers, single-use plastic items, and end-of-life fates of the collected plastic debris varied substantially between river systems. We discuss how differences in socioeconomic, regulatory, and infrastructure conditions across study sites begin to explain some of the observed variation. From these data insights, we share local and global recommendations for actions that could help reduce the flow of plastic debris into rivers in the first place. This research adds to our growing understanding of plastic pollution locally in these specific river systems as well as globally at a moment when the international community is actively working towards a global policy instrument to end plastic pollution.
title Assessing macroplastic debris collected from eight diverse river systems across four continents: Insights from synchronous three-year community-led research efforts.
topic Rivers
Plastics
Environmental Monitoring
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40602248/