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Wind speed and direction influence beach plastic accumulation patterns on remote Christmas Island.
Jennifer L Lavers, Hayley Cook, Casey Woodward, Heidi L Tait, Jack Rivers-Auty
Published: 202610.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118883
Abstract
Plastic pollution is accumulating rapidly in the global oceans, including in remote areas. On beaches, debris is not uniformly distributed with the type, source, and quantity of items influenced by oceanic conditions. Using monitoring data collected…
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