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At the Dead Sea—the lowest place on Earth—plastics long hidden along shrinking shorelines are now revealed. Over 20 years, sunlight and arid conditions break macroplastics into thousands of microplastics per kilogram, showing the hidden toll of urban waste.
Warning signal from the Dead Sea: Plastic pollution at the deepest hypersaline lake
Akos Kalman
(Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie - UniSannio)
Akos Kalman is a marine geologist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sannio, specializing in sedimentology, paleoclimate, nd environmental pollution. He studied how microplastics and natural sediments record human impacts over time, combining fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and remote sensing. Akos has led projects on plastic accumulation, coastal systems, and archaeological pigment sourcing, bridging geology, ecology, and heritage science.
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