Estimates of plastic input from rivers to ocean vary by up to five orders of magnitude. Harmonization of field data used to calibrate models and a better understanding of transport processes are key to reducing these uncertainties, contributing to meaningful assessments of the effectiveness of environmental regulations against plastic pollution.
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This publication is part of the GLO project (PDC2021-121690-I00), funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/50110001103 and by the European Union ‘NextGenerationEU”/PRTR’. D. González-Fernández was supported by the European Union (H2020-MSCA–IF–2018 846843 - LitRivus) and by the 2014-2020 ERDF Operational Programme and the Department of Economy, Knowledge, Business and University of the Regional Government of Andalusia: Project reference FEDER-UCA18-107247. C. Laufkötter acknowledges support from the Swiss National Science Foundation under grants 174124 and 203448. The work of T. H. M. van Emmerik is supported by the Veni research program The River Plastic Monitoring Project with Project Number 18211, which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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González-Fernández, D., Roebroek, C.T.J., Laufkötter, C. et al. Diverging estimates of river plastic input to the ocean. Nat Rev Earth Environ 4, 424–426 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00448-3
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