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"Scientific understanding of the interactions of these crises with regard to plastics is currently patchy and unevenly distributed," concludes author and UFZ hydrogeologist Dr Christian Schmidt.

They evaluated more than 19,000 scientific studies in preparing this article.

The findings were published in Scientific Reports.

"By addressing these obstacles, the models have become more robust, adaptable, and accessible to a broader scientific community."

They have now openly released the models to the scientific community along with the tools to study and use them.