Microbe-mineral interactions in the Plastisphere: Coastal biogeochemistry and consequences for degradation of plastics

Autor: Maya S. Dodhia, Kelsey L. Rogers, Victor Fernández-Juárez, Joan A. Carreres-Calabuig, Carolin R. Löscher, Amandine A. Tisserand, Nynke Keulen, Lasse Riemann, Yvonne Shashoua, Nicole R. Posth

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 10 (2023)

Microbe-mineral interactions, such as mineral substrate utilization and aggregate formation, have played a key role in the cycling of elements through Earth evolution. In water, soils, and sediment biogeochemistry modulates microbial community compos

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Sorption of PCBs to environmental plastic pollution in the North Atlantic Ocean: Importance of size and polymer type

Autor: Kristian Syberg, Camilla M.H. Knudsen, Zhanna Tairova, Farhan R. Khan, Yvonne Shashoua, Torsten Geertz, Henrik B. Pedersen, Claudia Sick, John Mortensen, Jakob Strand, Annemette Palmqvist

Publikováno v: Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Vol 2, Iss , Pp 100062- (2020)

Plastic pollution is a great threat to the marine environment. Owing to its low density, a substantial fraction of plastic debris is transported across ocean surfaces by currents. Consequently, plastic debris has been concentrated in oceanic gyres su

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/4a0fa71300614b2485dd78c6fe3d374f

Assessing the Impact and Suitability of Dense Carbon Dioxide as a Green Solvent for the Treatment of PMMA of Historical Value

Autor: Angelica Bartoletti, Inês Soares, Ana Maria Ramos, Yvonne Shashoua, Anita Quye, Teresa Casimiro, Joana Lia Ferreira

Publikováno v: Polymers
Volume 15
Issue 3
Pages: 566

This research was financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, e Ensino Superior (FCT/MCTES), Portugal, through the funded research project “PlasCO2—Green CO2 Technologies for the Cleaning of Plastic

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Microplastics in marine beach and seabed sediments along the coasts of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar in Tanzania

Autor: Amina Asiya Nchimbi, Daniel Abel Shilla, Charles Mitto Kosore, Dativa Joseph Shilla, Yvonne Shashoua, Farhan R. Khan

Publikováno v: Nchimbi, A A, Shilla, D, Kosore, C M, Shilla, D J, Shashoua, Y & Khan, F R 2022, ' Microplastics in marine beach and seabed sediments along the coasts of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar in Tanzania ', Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 185, no. Part A, 114305 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114305

Microplastics (MPs) pollution in the marine environment has been one of the biggest challenge in developing countries due to a lack of proper solid waste management strategies. This study reports the distribution and types of MPs in beach and seabed

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36343543

Early warning signs applied to plastic

Autor: Freja Lund Paulsen, Yvonne Shashoua, Steffen Foss Hansen, Maria Bille Nielsen, Kristian Syberg

Publikováno v: Paulsen, F L, Nielsen, M B, Shashoua, Y, Syberg, K & Hansen, S F 2021, ' Early warning signs applied to plastic ', Nature Reviews Materials, vol. 2021 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-021-00317-9
Paulsen, F L, Nielsen, M B, Shashoua, Y, Syberg, K & Hansen, S F 2022, ' Early warning signs applied to plastic ', Nature Reviews. Materials, vol. 7, pp. 68–70 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-021-00317-9

The European Environmental Agency (EEA) has formulated five early warning signs to be considered by regulators when it comes to materials and substances. These warning signs reflect many concerns raised about plastics and are thus worth considering d

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https://hdl.handle.net/109.1.5/48473c73-6935-4e91-93b7-29d9e8c5bbb5