*Iwasaki Shinsuke1 (1.Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region of Public Works Research Institute)
Session information
[J] Poster
M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection
[M-IS30] Ocean Plastics, an earth science perspective
convener:Atsuhiko Isobe(Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University), Kiichiro Kawamura(Yamaguchi University), Yusuke Okazaki(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University), Masashi Tsuchiya(Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)
Mismanaged plastic wastes accounting for 70% of marine debris remain persistently in the marine environment, even if they are degraded and fragmentized to tiny microplastics. To date, it has been unknown how this anthropogenic, buoyant, and persistent matter which was first appeared in the earth history, contaminates (or is incorporated into) the earth system. The ocean plastic study requires the insight and methodology of a variety of earth sciences such as the oceanography, geology, and palaeontology. Studies on the plastic circulation loaded from the land/atmosphere to upper oceans and bottom sediments, studies on microplastics as a proxy of the 'Anthropocene', and studies to establish procedures in monitoring and analyzing macro/microplastics are welcomed.
*Daisuke Ito1, Atsuhiko Isobe2 (1.Kyushu University, 2.Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University)
*Hiroki Hayashi1, Masashi Tsuchiya2 (1.Interdisciplinary Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, 2.Japan Agency For Marine-Earth Science and Technology)
*Masayuki Kawahigashi1, Batdulam Battulga1 (1.Tokyo Metropolitan University)
*HARUKA NAKANO1, Ridvan Kaan Gürses1, Yuji Tanaka1, Hisayuki Arakawa1, Mao Kuroda1, Keiichi Uchida1, Tetsutaro Aikawa1, Toshifumi Hayashi1, Tadashi Tokai1 (1.Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
*Chunmao Zhu1, Yugo Kanaya1, Ryota Nakajima1, Masashi Tsuchiya1, Hidetaka Nomaki1, Tomo Kitahashi1, Katsunori Fujikura1 (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)
*Yoshiyuki Ishitani1, Yurika Ujiie2, Caterina Ciacci3, Frontalini Fabrizio3, Yuji Inagaki1 (1.University of Tsukuba, 2.Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, 3.Urbino University)
*Akira Tsujimoto1, Kana Yamaguchi1 (1.Faculty of Education, Shimane University)