The amount of plastic waste in our oceans has reached serious levels.
Urgent, large-scale action is needed to control the harms of plastic pollution on the planet.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have set a number of key targets that will help to reduce plastic pollution, and some progress has already been made.
However, there remain significant gaps in our knowledge on the extent of plastic in our oceans and the impact it is having.
Filling these gaps is essential to create informed measures, but also to trigger vital policy decisions.
- Using data from Digital Science's Altmetric and Dimensions, we are able to demonstrate the scope and value of the research data associated with SDGs.