Marine Chemistry and Marine Pollution Research for Sustainable Oceans
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 August 2024 | Viewed by 191
Special Issue Editor
Interests: carbon chemistry; land–ocean interactions; submarine groundwater discharge; ocean acidification
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ocean contains many chemical elements (e.g., C, N, P, O, S, and trace metals). They are vital in global biogeochemical cycles that determine environmental quality and ecological functioning within and beyond the ocean. Marine chemistry is increasingly subject to human pollution. For example, the ocean absorbs about one-third of the anthropogenic CO2 emitted since 1800, alleviating the rising atmospheric CO2 levels and global warming, while resulting in ocean acidification that threatens marine calcifying organisms. Land–ocean fluxes of nutrients, heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, and emerging pollutants (e.g., microplastics and antibiotics) also deteriorate the marine environment, with unfavorable consequences for marine ecosystems and human health. Therefore, studying the distribution, flux, fate, mechanisms, and environmental/ecological effects of chemical elements and natural/anthropogenic compounds in the marine environment is imperative to ensure sustainable development.
For this Special Issue, we encourage original research articles and reviews highlighting diverse advances in marine chemistry and marine pollution, including, but not limited to, the biogeochemistry of chemicals in diverse marine environments and the environmental and ecological effects of both natural and anthropogenic chemicals.
Prof. Dr. Chen-Tung Arthur Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nutrients
- organic matter
- trace metals
- persistent organic pollutants
- emerging pollutants
- marine chemistry
- marine pollution
