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Modelling the Global Distribution of Beaching of Marine Plastic

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea (ICMPMS 2019)

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A simple parametrisation of beaching in Lagrangian simulations of floating marine plastic show that 92.7% of particles beach within 10 years. This indicates the coastlines are likely a significant sink for marine plastic debris.

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  1. Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Victor Onink & Charlotte Laufkötter

  2. Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Victor Onink & Charlotte Laufkötter

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  1. IPCB, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

    Mariacristina Cocca

  2. IPCB, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

    Emilia Di Pace

  3. IPCB, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

    Maria Emanuela Errico

  4. IPCB, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

    Gennaro Gentile

  5. IAS, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Genova, Italy

    Alessio Montarsolo

  6. STIIMA, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Biella, Italy

    Raffaella Mossotti

  7. IPCB, National Research Council of Italy, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy

    Maurizio Avella

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Onink, V., Laufkötter, C. (2020). Modelling the Global Distribution of Beaching of Marine Plastic. In: Cocca, M., et al. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. ICMPMS 2019. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_48

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