Standout Papers

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 3.3k
  1. Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea (2014)
    Marcus Eriksen, Laurent Lebreton et al. PLoS ONE
  2. Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution (2020)
    Stephanie B. Borrelle, Jeremy Ringma et al. Science
  3. Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes (2013)
    Marcus Eriksen, Sherri A. Mason et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin
  4. A global inventory of small floating plastic debris (2015)
    Erik van Sebille, Chris Wilcox et al. Environmental Research Letters
  5. High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake (2014)
    Christopher M. Free, Olaf P. Jensen et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin
  6. Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre (2013)
    Marcus Eriksen, Nikolai Maximenko et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin
  7. A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required (2023)
    Marcus Eriksen, Win Cowger et al. PLoS ONE
  8. Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution (2024)
    Win Cowger, Kathryn Willis et al. Science Advances

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Works of Marcus Eriksen being referenced

A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required
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Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea
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Marcus Eriksen 9849 6930 270 2200 29 11.1k
Charles J. Moore 10865 7537 275 2568 28 12.3k
Júlia Reisser 7948 5549 210 1761 30 9.2k
Laurent Lebreton 12663 8777 434 2875 44 14.5k
Claudia Halsband 8821 6239 98 2278 51 10.8k
Amy Lusher 9497 7323 114 1933 77 9.9k
Lars Gutow 7348 5374 102 1500 77 8.7k
Stephanie Wright 8153 6012 162 1762 31 8.7k
Penelope K. Lindeque 13746 9565 203 3161 76 15.8k
Matthew Cole 16463 11598 275 3937 59 17.4k
Anthony Davis 5019 3674 109 1325 37 6.5k

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