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The presence, at sea, of large amounts of plastic and microplastics, which are sometimes invisible and results from the fragmentation of larger debris, requires an in-depth knowledge of the nature of ocean debris, its transport mechanisms, life cycle and effects on the environment. This volume provides new insights in the topic of plastic pollution, an actual and important problem for the marine environment.

modeling --- impact --- Lagrangian transport --- Plastic --- Microplastics --- Marine Litter --- lakes --- Plastic pollution

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This open access book examines global plastic pollution, an issue that has become a critical societal challenge with implications for environmental and public health. This volume provides a comprehensive, holistic analysis on the plastic cycle and its subsequent effects on biota, food security, and human exposure. Importantly, global environmental change and its associated, systems-level processes, including atmospheric deposition, ecosystem complexity, UV exposure, wind patterns, water stratification, ocean circulation, etc., are all important direct and indirect factors governing the fate, transport and biotic and abiotic processing of plastic particles across ecosystem types. Furthermore, the distribution of plastic in the ocean is not independent of terrestrial ecosystem dynamics, since much of the plastic in marine ecosystems originates from land and should therefore be evaluated in the context of the larger plastic cycle. Changes in species size, distribution, habitat, and food web complexity, due to global environmental change, will likely alter trophic transfer dynamics and the ecological effects of nano- and microplastics. The fate and transport dynamics of plastic particles are influenced by their size, form, shape, polymer type, additives, and overall ecosystem conditions. In addition to the risks that plastics pose to the total environment, the potential impacts on human health and exposure routes, including seafood consumption, and air and drinking water need to be assessed in a comprehensive and quantitative manner. Here I present a holistic and interdisciplinary book volume designed to advance the understanding of plastic cycling in the environment with an emphasis on sources, fate and transport, ecotoxicology, climate change effects, food security, microbiology, sustainability, human exposure and public policy.

Environmental management --- Environmental science, engineering & technology --- Environmental medicine --- Climate change --- biomonitoring of plastic particles --- exotoxicology of plastic pollution --- plastic debris --- microplastics --- nanoplastics --- environmental health --- wastewater management --- open access

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The use of polymers in biological applications is defined by the interactions promoted between living organisms and polymeric chains, which are generally associated with the polymers’ hydrophilic and hydrophobic behaviors. However, these water-friendly structures are also very useful for other applications, such as the adsorption of pollutants from sewage water. The modulation of the final properties of water-soluble and insoluble polymers tends to define the spectra of features associated with their final applications.

poly(lactic acid) --- water emulsions --- water dispersions --- film formation --- waterborne coating --- microcapsule --- self-healing --- core material --- clad ratio --- poly(vinyl alcohol) --- glycerol --- microplastics --- biodegradation --- toxicity --- marine water --- thermoresponsive polymers --- hydrophobic transitions --- lower critical solution temperature --- functionalized materials --- contact angle --- drug delivery --- PBCA --- molecular weights --- biodegradable polymers --- NMR --- Advanced Polymer Chromatography™ --- chitosan --- sustainable development --- circular economy --- biopolymers --- n/a --- Research. --- Biology.

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The cooperation between plankton biologists and fluid dynamists has enhanced our knowledge of life within the plankton communities in ponds, lakes, and seas. This book assembled contributions on plankton–flow interactions, with an emphasis on syntheses and/or predictions. However, a wide range of novel insights, reasonable scenarios, and founded critiques are also considered in this book.

white sea --- arctic ocean --- net tow --- turbulence avoidance --- feeding mode --- National Centers for Environmental Information --- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts --- plankton --- turbulence --- data analysis --- copepod --- numerical simulation --- immersed boundary method --- multi-scale simulations --- form-function relation --- Kolmogorov --- chemosensory --- signaling --- zooplankton --- jellyfish --- hydrodynamics --- escape behavior --- Acartia tonsa --- copepods --- cruising --- escape swimming --- kinematics --- power --- cost of transport --- locomotion --- reorientation --- swimming microorganism --- nutrient patchiness --- phytoplankton --- surge uptake --- nutrient depletion --- turbulent history --- microplastics --- swimming behavior --- imaging --- Temora turbinata --- propulsion --- rotational physics --- convergent evolution --- torque --- moment of inertia --- animal movement --- plankton jumping --- impulsively generated viscous vortex ring --- impulsive Stokeslet --- impulsive stresslet --- elastic collision --- Froude propulsion efficiency --- added mass coefficient --- n/a

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Global health, conceived as a discipline, aims to train, research and respond to problems of a transboundary nature, in order to improve health and health equity at the global level. The current worldwide situation is ruled by globalization, and therefore the concept of global health involves not only health-related issues, but also those related to the environment and climate change. Therefore, in this Special Issue, the problems related to global health have been addressed from a bibliometric approach in four main areas: environmental issues, diseases, health, education and society.

social networks --- health --- young people --- bibliometric study --- scientometrics --- obesity --- interventions --- children --- youths --- pediatrics --- reclaimed water --- advanced oxidation process --- microorganisms --- concern emergent contaminant --- worldwide --- content analysis --- text mining --- diabetes --- QOL --- artificial intelligence --- machine learning --- bibliometric --- LDA --- HIV/AIDS --- quality of life --- global health --- public health --- scientometric study --- knowledge map --- visualization analysis --- CiteSpace --- COPD --- QoL --- medicinal plants --- drugs --- worldwide research --- bibliometrics --- traditional medicine --- asthma --- HRQoL --- Scival --- patents --- Spain --- Research and Development (R&amp --- D) --- social returns --- COVID-19 --- biomechanics --- musculoskeletal disorders --- RULA --- ergonomics --- applications --- climate change --- infectious diseases --- bibliometric analysis --- co-word analysis --- biclustering --- strategic diagram --- academic performance --- citation network --- motivation --- microplastics --- network analysis --- VOSviewer software --- research hotspots --- pulmonary disease --- musculoskeletal risks --- wastewater treatment