The rise in ocean plastics evidenced from a 60-year time series
dc.contributor.author | Ostle, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Broughton, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Gregory, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Wootton, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Johns, DG | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-23T11:53:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-04-16 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-1723 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-1723 | |
dc.identifier.other | 1622 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/14200 | |
dc.description.abstract |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Plastic production has increased exponentially since its use became widespread in the 1950s. This has led to increased concern as plastics have become prevalent in the oceanic environment, and evidence of their impacts on marine organisms and human health has been highlighted. Despite their prevalence, very few long-term (>40 years) records of the distribution and temporal trends of plastics in the world’s oceans exist. Here we present a new time series, from 1957 to 2016 and covering over 6.5 million nautical miles, based on records of when plastics have become entangled on a towed marine sampler. This consistent time series provides some of the earliest records of plastic entanglement, and is the first to confirm a significant increase in open ocean plastics in recent decades.</jats:p> | |
dc.format.extent | 0-0 | |
dc.format.medium | Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Nature Research (part of Springer Nature) | |
dc.subject | 14 Life Below Water | |
dc.title | The rise in ocean plastics evidenced from a 60-year time series | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.type | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |
dc.type | Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. | |
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plymouth.issue | 1 | |
plymouth.volume | 10 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published online | |
plymouth.journal | Nature Communications | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41467-019-09506-1 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA07 Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Marine Institute | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Researchers in ResearchFish submission | |
dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-03-06 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2019-5-24 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2041-1723 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.funder | Natural Environment Research Council | |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | SAHFOS Continuous Plankton Recorder | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1038/s41467-019-09506-1 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-04-16 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
plymouth.funder | SAHFOS Continuous Plankton Recorder::Natural Environment Research Council |