Far from a distraction: Plastic pollution and the planetary emergency
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2022-07-04Submitted date
2022-02-16Subject Terms
Anthropoceneclimate change
cumulative impacts
greenhouse gasses
planetary boundary threat
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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.Citation
Jennifer L. Lavers, Alexander L. Bond, Charles Rolsky, Far from a distraction: Plastic pollution and the planetary emergency, Biological Conservation, Volume 272, 2022, 109655, ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109655. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320722002087)Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Biological ConservationType
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This is an open access article, available to all readers online, published under a creative commons licensing (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The attached file is the published version of the article.ISSN
0006-3207ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109655
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