COVID-19对沿海和海洋环境的影响:严重的微塑料污染,改善的空气质量和未来的前景
Yixuan Han1, Xiang Gu2, Chunye Lin3
1State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
Chemosphere
|April 5, 2024
概括
尽管通过锁定改善了空气质量,但COVID-19大流行使塑料和个人防护设备 (PPE) 废物造成的新出现的污染物造成的沿海污染情况恶化. 提出了海洋监测和废物监管的战略.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 污染研究 污染研究
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行 (2020-2023) 在全球范围内对沿海和海洋生态系统产生了重大影响.
- 个人防护设备 (PPE) 的使用增加和不当处置成为一个主要的环境问题.
- 以前的研究已经突出了人类活动对海洋环境的不利影响.
研究的目的:
- 对COVID-19对沿海和海洋环境的附带影响进行全面的文献审查和文献分析.
- 量化个人防护设备废弃物造成的塑料和微塑料污染的规模.
- 评估新出现的污染物的释放,并分析对空气质量和可持续发展目标 (SDGs) 的影响.
主要方法:
- 文学审查和与COVID-19和海洋污染相关的出版物的文献分析.
- 分析出版物输出和引用数据,以确定研究热点和领先的国家.
- 在沿海地区对错误管理的个人防护设备废弃物和个人防护设备密度的定量估计.
主要成果:
- 亚洲,欧洲和美国的研究关注度更高,印度,中国和美国在出版物方面处于领先地位.
- 由于个人防护设备废弃物的管理不善,塑料和微塑料污染显著增加,废弃物体积和密度在地理上有很大差异.
- 在封锁期间减少了空气污染物,但加剧了塑料,微塑料和新出现的污染物的沿海污染.
结论:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,环境产生了矛盾的结果:空气质量的改善与海洋污染的恶化形成了对比.
- 有效地管理PPE废物和新出现的污染物对于沿海和海洋生态系统的健康至关重要.
- 拟议的战略包括加强海洋监测,风险评估,塑料废物监管和国际合作.
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