• Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Updated: 2026-02-17

Over the past decades, the proliferation of plastics has rapidly become a global problem affecting all oceans. With 80% of plastics in the sea originating from land, this pollution highlights the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-08-07T00:00:00.000+00:00

This database contains a harmonized subset of variables from the NOAA NCEI Marine Microplastics collection, which is used to generate the accompanying ArcGIS map. It includes microplastic...

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• Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Updated: 2024-02-19 00:00:00

Concentrations of plastic additive chemicals were taken from peer-reviewed literature. Only studies that mentioned the chemicals as plastic additives were included. Studies that measured plastic...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000+00:00

Microplastics (i.e., plastics measuring less than 5mm) pollution is a growing problem affecting coastal communities, marine ecosystems, aquatic life, and human health. The widespread occurrence of...

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