Substantial burial of terrestrial microplastics in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Autor: Bo Gao, Yalan Chen, Dongyu Xu, Ke Sun, Baoshan Xing
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2662-4435
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00701-z
Popis: Small microplastics are preferentially retained in Three Gorges Reservoir sediments and the dam likely substantially reduces the microplastic flux in the Yangtze River, according to sedimentary analyses from the upper and lower reaches of the Three Gorges Dam, China between 2008 and 2020.
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