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An airborne remote sensing case study of synthetic hydrocarbon detection using short wave infrared absorption features identified from marine-harvested macro- and microplastics

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In this paper, the authors measured the spectral reflectance of microplastics (5mm) washed ashore along the USA west coast and virgin plastic pellets over a wavelength range from 350 to 2500 nm.
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This article is published in Remote Sensing of Environment.The article was published on 2018-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 111 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microplastics.

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Spectral mixture modeling - A new analysis of rock and soil types at the Viking Lander 1 site. [on Mars]

TL;DR: In this paper, a multispectral image was modeled as mixtures of reflectance spectra of palagonite dust, gray andesitelike rock, and a coarse rock-like soil.
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The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

Erik van Sebille, +41 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors comprehensively discuss what is known about the different processes that govern the transport of floating marine plastic debris in both the open ocean and the coastal zones, based on the published literature and referring to insights from neighbouring fields such as oil spill dispersion, marine safety recovery, plankton connectivity, and others.
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Toward the integrated marine debris observing system

Nikolai Maximenko, +59 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the structure of the future integrated marine debris observing system (IMDOS) that is required to provide long-term monitoring of the state of the anthropogenic pollution and support operational activities to mitigate impacts on the ecosystem and safety of maritime activity.
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Contributions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in microplastic pollution research: A review

TL;DR: Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been extensively used in microplastic (MP) pollution research since 2004 as mentioned in this paper, and the aim of this review is to discuss and highlight the recent advances i...
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Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

TL;DR: This work combines available data on solid waste with a model that uses population density and economic status to estimate the amount of land-based plastic waste entering the ocean, which is estimated to be 275 million metric tons.

Monitoring Vegetation Systems in the Great Plains with Erts

TL;DR: In this paper, a method has been developed for quantitative measurement of vegetation conditions over broad regions using ERTS-1 spectral bands 5 and 7, corrected for sun angle, which is shown to be correlated with aboveground green biomass on rangelands.
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Microplastics in the marine environment

TL;DR: The mechanisms of generation and potential impacts of microplastics in the ocean environment are discussed, and the increasing levels of plastic pollution of the oceans are understood, it is important to better understand the impact of microPlastic in the Ocean food web.
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Lost at sea: where is all the plastic?

TL;DR: It is shown that microscopic plastic fragments and fibers are also widespread in the marine environment and may persist for centuries.
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