Fig. 1: Study area.
From: Transport and deposition of ocean-sourced microplastic particles by a North Atlantic hurricane
Past hurricane (>category 1) tracks from 1851 to present (black lines) with Hurricane Larry track (yellow line) and plastic debris concentration (in pieces per square kilometre) in the surface waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, a possible source of microplastics found in our samples75. The field study area (dotted red square) is shown (inset) with the locations of the sample site (red square), Cape Race weather station where meteorological conditions were recorded (blue circle), St. John’s (nearest urban area, indicated by the black circle), and Great Bona Cove (location of hurricane landfall, yellow star).
