1. Environmental plastics in the context of UV radiation, climate change, and the Montreal Protocol.
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Jansen MAK, Andrady AL, Barnes PW, Busquets R, Revell LE, Bornman JF, Aucamp PJ, Bais AF, Banaszak AT, Bernhard GH, Bruckman LS, Häder DP, Hanson ML, Heikkilä AM, Hylander S, Lucas RM, Mackenzie R, Madronich S, Neale PJ, Neale RE, Olsen CM, Ossola R, Pandey KK, Petropavlovskikh I, Robinson SA, Robson TM, Rose KC, Solomon KR, Sulbæk Andersen MP, Sulzberger B, Wallington TJ, Wang QW, Wängberg SÅ, White CC, Young AR, Zepp RG, and Zhu L
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- Climate Change, Environmental Pollution, Weather, Ultraviolet Rays adverse effects, Solar Energy
- Abstract
There are close links between solar UV radiation, climate change, and plastic pollution. UV-driven weathering is a key process leading to the degradation of plastics in the environment but also the formation of potentially harmful plastic fragments such as micro- and nanoplastic particles. Estimates of the environmental persistence of plastic pollution, and the formation of fragments, will need to take in account plastic dispersal around the globe, as well as projected UV radiation levels and climate change factors., (© 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2024
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