Attention is given to the range of key areas and environments being considered by current research in this diverse field, highlighting the state of the art of the current research, as well as the breadth and importance of the projected and planned future investigations.
Plastics are fantastically useful materials. From automotives and technology, to healthcare and construction, plastics are a stalwart of modern life, and one which we could no longer do without. Calls to live 'plastic-free' are short sighted - do you wish to be without your mobile phone, your car and most of your clothes?
Instead, it is important to determine where the real problems with plastics lie, and how these can be resolved without losing the incredible functionality of these materials. To this end, researchers are looking into how plastics enter the environment and degrade, which are the most hazardous plastics if they enter ecosystems (and why) and the real pros and cons of proposed solutions, including policies, biodegradable materials, and societal change.
Banning plastics is neither practical nor desirable, and so learning to adapt the ways in which we use them to achieve maximum benefit with minimal harm is fundamental to retaining both a prosperous environment and society. Bringing together a range of expert contributions, this book details the recent advances in our knowledge of these essential materials, and how we can achieve all their benefits, while reducing or eliminating future environmental harm. This is one of the fundamental challenges of the modern age.
While this is a complex and nuanced issue, Plastic Pollution in the Global Ocean makes the topic accessible and digestible to established and new researchers alike, and is suitable for readers from undergraduate through to professor level who are entering this field, or who simply wish to learn more.
Written by contributors ranging from PhD scholars to world leading experts and researchers, from 20 leading institutions in the UK, China, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Vietnam Portugal and the USA, this review volume explores the wide range of the fundamental geographical, environmental and research areas that are central to understanding the context of plastic pollution in the global ocean. Addressing these key issues, this book should be a core text for anyone wishing to enter the field of plastics in the environment.
Plastic Pollution in the Global Ocean retails for US $148 / (hardcover) and is also available in electronic formats.
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