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Far from a distraction: plastic pollution and the planetary emergency
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Lavers, JL and Bond, AL and Rolsky, C, Far from a distraction: plastic pollution and the planetary emergency, Biological Conservation, 272 Article 109655. ISSN 0006-3207 (2022) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109655
Abstract
Pollution of the environment with plastics has garnered significant public attention, but the topic has also been
the focus of controversy, including assertions that resources are better spent on other topics, such as global
warming. Here, we argue that plastic pollution and climate change are fundamentally linked, from the extraction
of fossil fuels to the production of plastics, and eventual disposal. We demonstrate how plastics research and
funding currently lag significantly behind that of climate change and conclude by advocating for a more integrated
approach to addressing pressing conservation issues in the time of a planetary emergency.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | marine debris, plastic pollution, fossil fuels, climate change, anthropocene, planetary boundary threat, cumulative impacts |
| Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
| Research Group: | Pollution and contamination |
| Research Field: | Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
| Objective Group: | Adaptation to climate change |
| Objective Field: | Adaptation to climate change not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Lavers, JL (Dr Jennifer Lavers) |
| ID Code: | 150910 |
| Year Published: | 2022 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 10 |
| Deposited By: | Ecology and Biodiversity |
| Deposited On: | 2022-07-05 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-11-14 |
| Downloads: | 8 View Download Statistics |
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