Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment
- Submitting institution
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University of Strathclyde
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 111812930
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41561-019-0335-5
- Title of journal
- Nature Geoscience
- Article number
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- First page
- 339
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- ISSN
- 1752-0894
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 7 - Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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7
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The research led to the award of author Allen’s £97k Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (Deonie Allen, https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-fellowships-2019), and to an invited presentation at the International Scientific Workshop on Marine Plastic Pollution, Hanoi, Vietnam (2019) (contact: Stefan Krause). The research received considerable global media attention, including in The Guardian, The NewScientist, and Newsweek (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/15/winds-can-carry-microplastics-anywhere-and-everywhere, https://www.newscientist.com/article/2199455-pristine-mountains-are-being-littered-with-microplastics-from-the-air/, and https://www.newsweek.com/microplastics-travel-air-pollute-remotest-parts-earth-1396233). This led to the lead authors being named amongst Wired magazine’s top 25 global innovators for 2020 (https://www.wired.com/video/watch/wired25-2020-drs-isla-myers-smith-deonie-allen-steve-allen).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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