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Stadtländer, C.T.KH. Book Review: “Mare Plasticum – The Plastic Sea: Combatting Plastic Pollution Through Science and Art”, Streit-Bianchi M, Cimadevila M, Trettnak W (Eds), Springer Nature Publishing. Environ. Process. 9, 54 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-022-00606-7
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