{"id":17548,"date":"2020-05-11T10:47:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T08:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=17548"},"modified":"2026-08-28T00:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T22:25:22","slug":"microplastics-in-the-mediterranean-seabed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/regulatory-watch\/microplastics-in-the-mediterranean-seabed\/","title":{"rendered":"Microplastics on the Mediterranean seabed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A\nrecent study published on 30 April 2020 in the journal <em>Science<\/em> reports\nmicroplastic accumulation zones on the Mediterranean seabed at\nlevels never before measured.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed,\nquantities of up to 1.9 million units per\nsquare metre were recorded.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This\nstudy was carried out jointly by the University of Manchester, the National\nOceanography Centre, the University of Bremen, Durham University and\nIFREMER.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microplastic\npollution in rivers is well known, but the mechanisms\nrelated to their dispersion and concentration on the seabed remain\npoorly understood.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study\nshowed how deep-sea currents transport and concentrate\nmicroplastics and carry them into the depths, into accumulation\nzones known as hotspots. The microplastics found on the seabed consist\nof textile fibres that were not removed at wastewater treatment plants.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These\ncurrents also carry oxygen and nutrients, which means\nthey may also host animal species that could\npotentially consume or absorb the microplastics present.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\ncan find the full study at the following link: \u201c<em><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/early\/2020\/04\/29\/science.aba5899\">Seafloor\nmicroplastic hotspots controlled by deep-sea circulation<\/a><\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study published on 30 April 2020 in the journal Science reports microplastic accumulation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":17504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulatory-watch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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