Open dataset · Driver/Pressure
Supplementary data for: Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea
Supplementary data for: Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea is an open dataset published by figshare, under CC BY 4.0. It describes pollution - micro and macroplastic. Coverage: global ocean. Biohotspot shows it on its map as 9 layers.
About this dataset
The raster geotiff files contain the numerical model outputs for weight and count density for the four size classes investigated in the study by Eriksent et al. (2014) and expressed in order of magnitude (log10 scale).
Eriksen et al. 2014Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111913
The authors' description, from the dataset's DataCite record (10.6084/m9.figshare.14390873.v1, CC0).
What it describes
- Driver/Pressure
- Pollution - micro and macroplastic
- Variables
- count density, weight density (pieces/km2 g/km2)
On the Biohotspot map
Open a layer to see it on the map, then tap any sea or draw an area to read its values there.
Get the data
Download the 8 GeoTIFFs (count and weight density, 4 size classes) from figshare (no login). Values are log10.
How to cite it
Lebreton, Laurent (2021). Supplementary data for: "Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea". figshare. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14390873.v1