Nature – Pang et al. (2025): The potential impacts of plastic on the marine carbon cycle
Qiaotong Pang, Peipei Wu, Luisa Galgani, Xinle Wang, Ziman Zhang, Tengfei Yuan, Haikun Wang & Yanxu Zhang, IN Nature Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01425-3
Increasing plastic waste has triggered global concerns for the potential detrimental effects on marine ecosystems. The impact of plastic reaches beyond the immediate harm to marine life to encompass the marine biogeochemical cycle and the global carbon budget. The authors investigate these effects by integrating an oceanic plastic simulation with a marine ecosystem model.