AGU23 | 25 January 2024
Advanced Methods to Detect and Image Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Whole Organisms
Nathalie Tufenkji + Brian Nguyen + Frank Li ...
Weathering of a single microplastic particle can yield up to billions of nanoplastics and nanoplastic pollution is expected to be ubiquitous in the environment. Nanoplastics...
AGU23 | 15 December 2023
Mixing and Transport of Macroplastics by Breaking Surge Waves
Magdalena Krol + PREE PATEL + Shooka Karimpour
The global demand for plastics has surged exponentially, due to their versatility, affordability, and wide range of applications. A total of 8.3 billion tonnes of plastics...
AGU23 | 15 December 2023
Transport of Biodegradable Nanoplastics Affected by Weathering and Proteins in Unsaturated Porous Media
Yingxue Yu + Anton F Astner + Douglas G Hayes ...
The increasing threat from plastic pollution has promoted the widespread application of biodegradable plastic. In agriculture, biodegradable plastic, mainly in the form of...
AGU23 | 15 December 2023
Soil plastic pollution: an underappreciated agricultural externality
Seeta Sistla + Daniel Sousa + Ekta Tiwari ...
Agricultural single-use plastic is increasingly widespread, with plastic mulch covering millions of acres globally. U.S. farms generate over 800 million pounds of plastic...
AGU23 | 14 December 2023
Quantitative 1H-NMR spectroscopy to measure PBAT microplastics in soil
Alexis Gillmore + Anton F Astner + Douglas G Hayes ...
Motivation: The polymer polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) is a common constituent of biodegradable plastic mulches for use in agricultural row crop systems. Biodegradable...