Persistent data gaps limit the quality of life cycle assessments (LCAs), which frequently rely on incomplete, outdated, or non-comparable process data. Digital product passports (DPPs), initially developed for supply chain traceability, regulatory compliance, and circular economy objectives, also hold potential to address long-standing data challenges in LCA. Based on 20 selected, publicly documented DPP initiatives assessed a...

Microplastics have been identified in hundreds of species, with evidence of trophic transfer via contaminated prey. Sarasota Bay common bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) serve as sentinels of coastal pollution, including plastics and chemical plasticizers. Previous research confirmed microplastic ingestion in these dolphins (100.0%, n = 7) and extensive contamination in 11 common prey species (96.5%, n = 86). This stu...

Aim We investigate the distribution of dispersal modes — endozoochory (via animal ingestion), synzoochory (via animal seed accumulation) and anemochory (via wind)—and seed mass of woody plants across Brazilian ecosystems, testing whether their relative abundance in local plant communities could be predicted by climate, edaphic factors and dispersal agents (e.g., the main vectors moving seeds). We expected climate to be the mai...