Richard C. Thompson

Research interests

Publications

• Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?

  Science · 2024 · 10.1126/science.adl2746

• Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution

  Science · 2020 · 10.1126/science.aba9475

• Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05297

• Release of synthetic microplastic plastic fibres from domestic washing machines: Effects of fabric type and washing conditions

  Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2016 · 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.09.025

• Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs

  Water Research · 2015 · 10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.012

• The impact of debris on marine life

  Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2015 · 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.12.041

• Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice

  Earth s Future · 2014 · 10.1002/2014ef000240

• The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

  Royal Society Open Science · 2014 · 10.1098/rsos.140317

• Microplastics in the seas

  Science · 2014 · 10.1126/science.1254065

• Enhanced desorption of persistent organic pollutants from microplastics under simulated physiological conditions

  Environmental Pollution · 2013 · 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.10.007

• Classify plastic waste as hazardous

  Nature · 2013 · 10.1038/494169a

• Microplastic Moves Pollutants and Additives to Worms, Reducing Functions Linked to Health and Biodiversity

  Current Biology · 2013 · 10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.012

• Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms

  Current Biology · 2013 · 10.1016/j.cub.2013.10.068

• The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

  Environmental Pollution · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.02.031

• Occurrence of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of pelagic and demersal fish from the English Channel

  Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2012 · 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.11.028

• Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1021/es2031505

• Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1021/es201811s

• Spatial Patterns of Plastic Debris along Estuarine Shorelines

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2010 · 10.1021/es903784e

• Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · 10.1098/rstb.2009.0053

• International Pellet Watch: Global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs

  Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.014

• Our plastic age

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · 10.1098/rstb.2009.0054

• Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · 10.1098/rstb.2008.0284

• Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0205

• Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel, Mytilus edulis (L.)

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2008 · 10.1021/es800249a

• Potential for Plastics to Transport Hydrophobic Contaminants

  Environmental Science & Technology · 2007 · 10.1021/es071737s

• Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic?

  Science · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1094559

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