The Paleoecology of Microplastic Contamination

Investigation of microplastic contamination in the gastrointestinal tract of some species of caught fish from Oman Sea

Background and Objective: Marine pollution is growing due to human activities. Continuous increase in plastic production and poor management of plastic waste resulted in a significant increase of this contaminant in aquatic environments. This in turn led to the widespread presence of Microplastics (MPs) with a size of less than 5mm. Materials and Methods: In this study, frequency, distribution...

Contamination of beach sediments of a subalpine lake with microplastic particles

microspectroscopy which allows for analysis of particles down to the µm-range (Supplemental information). We found the majority of plastic particles at the north shore of Lake Garda with 483 ± 236 macroplastic particles/m ² and 1,108 ± 983 microplastic particles/m ². At the south shore, extrapolations revealed 8.3 macroplastic particles/m² (only one replicate contained macroplastic) and 108 ± 5...

PALEOECOLOGY PALEOECOLOGY PALEOECOLOGY Amazonian exploitation revisited: ecological asymmetry and the policy pendulum

© The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.org T first scientists to enter Amazonia encountered a wonderland of undescribed organisms living in what appeared to be unoccupied and untouched forest. Adjectives they used to describe the forest included “virgin”, “pristine”, and “timeless”, a vision which became incorporated into scientific thinking. Explanations of high Amazonian d...

Microplastic in Danish wastewater

Timberline Paleoecology in the Alps

Holocene Timberline Fluctuations and Climate Variability Alpine life and landscapes are exposed to extreme environmental conditions. Avalanches, landslides and floods, due to extreme climatic events such as heavy snow and rain storms, can impact both wild and managed landscapes. Above timberline, climatic conditions are so harsh that they impede the growth of trees. According to one recent hypo...