Mangroves, also called blue carbon ecosystems, are crucial as carbon sinks and in climate change mitigation. However, these ecosystems become vulnerable due to plastic pollution, particularly microplastics. A synthesis of studies across Asia, South America, and North America demonstrates that the microplastic contamination in surface waters and sediments is widespread. Fibres and fragments originating from polypropylene (PP) a...

Regularly updating repositories of air pollution impacts on health is essential for evidence-based policies, interventions, and progress monitoring. However, this is often time-consuming and labour-intensive. Automation can ensure up-to-date evidence; reduce retrieval, screening time, and costs; and make information accessible to non-academic stakeholders. This study investigated whether a machine learning approach can perform...