Atmospheric transport is a major pathway of microplastics to remote regions.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 07 2020
14 07 2020
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received:
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03
2020
accepted:
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06
2020
entrez:
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7
2020
pubmed:
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7
2020
medline:
16
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In recent years, marine, freshwater and terrestrial pollution with microplastics has been discussed extensively, whereas atmospheric microplastic transport has been largely overlooked. Here, we present global simulations of atmospheric transport of microplastic particles produced by road traffic (TWPs - tire wear particles and BWPs - brake wear particles), a major source that can be quantified relatively well. We find a high transport efficiencies of these particles to remote regions. About 34% of the emitted coarse TWPs and 30% of the emitted coarse BWPs (100 kt yr
Identifiants
pubmed: 32665541
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17201-9
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-17201-9
pmc: PMC7360784
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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