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Researchers warn “all aquatic species in the river mouths flowing into the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean" are contaminated.

All aquatic species in the river mouths flowing into the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean are contaminated with microplastics, with molluscs being the most affected due to their ability to filter water.

All aquatic species in the mouths of rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea are contaminated with microplastics.

<p style="text-align:justify">All aquatic species in the river mouths flowing into the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean are contaminated with microplastics, with molluscs being the most affected due to their ability to filter water. Rivers are one of the main sources of pollution by microplastics (5 to 0.0001 mm in size) and nanoplastics (smaller than 0.0001mm) in the oceans. Estuaries, as transition zones between rivers and the sea, are major hotspots for the accumulation of...

Recent research shows that a common category of marine calcifying phytoplankton (coccolithophores) plays an important role in the regulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere.

The accumulation of microplastics mimics the increasing amount of plastic products used by society for things like packaging, bottles and clothing, scientists said.

Tiny pieces of plastic debris - smaller than the human eye can see - have been building up on the floor of the Balearic Sea at a depth of more than 100 metres, a study has revealed.

The total amount of microplastics deposited on the bottom of oceans has tripled in the past two decades with a progression that corresponds to the type and volume of consumption of plastic product ...

In the last two decades, the total amount of microplastics dumped on the ocean floor has tripled; this increase is directly related to the kind and amount of plastic products that society consumes.

The total amount of microplastics deposited at the bottom of oceans has tripled in the past two decades with a progression that corresponds to the type and volume of consumption of plastic products by society.