Microplastics in equatorial coasts: Pollution hotspots and spatiotemporal variations associated with tropical monsoons

Atmospheric microplastics: exposure, toxicity, and detrimental health effects

“…For outdoor environments, meteorological phenomena such as dust storms 34 and monsoons promote transboundary migrations of MPs. 49,50 Climatic factors such as wind and rainfalls (signicant for tropical countries with high intensity and volume precipitation) positively correlate with MPs abundance, inuencing the transport and settlement of MPs suspended in the air. 50 In coastal regions, air mass trajectory can affect MPs deposition; when the inowing air mass is terrestrial (predominantly from local sources), there is a higher MPs deposit than when the inowing air mass is marine.…”

Fate of microplastics under the influence of climate change

“…There is a positive correlation among wind speed, microplastic transport, and microplastic accumulation in surface water. 77 Once reaching remote locations, atmospheric microplastics would travel along with rainfall into ambient waters and snow beds, or reach different cities. 78 …”

Novel Efficient Method to Continuously Collect Microplastics from Seawater via a Two-Phase System

“…1 MPs are derived from the breakdown of larger plastic items (e.g., fibrous or fragmented MPs) or are deliberately produced (e.g., microbeads or glitter in cosmetics). 2,3 They can be found in various locations, ranging from the equator 4 to the poles 5 and from deep-sea sediments 6 to the Mariana Trench. 7 It is worth noting that MPs can adversely affect ecosystems and human health.…”

“…Microplastics (MPs) are small fragments of synthetic polymers, characterized as plastic debris measuring <5 mm in size . MPs are derived from the breakdown of larger plastic items (e.g., fibrous or fragmented MPs) or are deliberately produced (e.g., microbeads or glitter in cosmetics). , They can be found in various locations, ranging from the equator to the poles and from deep-sea sediments to the Mariana Trench . It is worth noting that MPs can adversely affect ecosystems and human health. − Therefore, accurate identification of MPs is essential to understand their abundance and impact. − …”