Microplastics in sediment could trace decades of human activity worldwide

Phys.org Earth Science22 October 2026, 20:20 UTCUnited Kingdom

In a review article recently published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews, researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leicester (United Kingdom), report on how human activity has altered Earth's sediments over the decades.

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