A new study lead by FCUL found large amounts of artificial fibers in the Tejo estuary, as well as in several coastal areas of Western Africa, and was subject to a press release issued by FCUL. The MSc thesis of Catarina Serra-Gonçalves (class of 13/14) was instrumental for this work.

The results of this research are described in the article “Plastic and other microfibers in sediments, macroinvertebrates and shorebirds from three intertidal wetlands of southern Europe and west Africa”, in the journal Environmental Pollution, to be published in the next month of December.