The Science of the total environment
Plastic occurrence in Macaronesia: Three years of monitoring on forty-six beaches across nineteen islands in an Atlantic region.
Cristopher Domínguez-Hernández, Cristina Villanova-Solano, Soledad Álvarez, Sergio J Álvarez-Méndez, Adeline Alves, João Canning-Clode, Mara de Castro Abu-Raya, Francisco J Díaz-Peña, Sofia Garcia, May Gómez, Javier González-Sálamo, Cintia Hernández-Sánchez, Laura Herrera, Alicia Herrera, Sofía Huelbes
Published: 202610.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181064
Abstract
In recent decades, plastic pollution has reached alarming levels in all environmental compartments of the planet, with the oceans being one of the most affected. Despite being far from any major direct source of pollution, the Macaronesian region (No…
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