Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025

convener:Hitoshi Nakai(Kobuchisawa Research Institute for Nature and Education), Atsuhiko Isobe(Kyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics), Shinichiro Kako(Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University), Hirofumi Hinata(Ehime University), Chairperson:Hirofumi Hinata(Ehime University), Atsuhiko Isobe(Kyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics), Shinichiro Kako(Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University)

At the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, "14 Protect the richness of the oceans and seas" was put forward as one of the SDGs, with the goal of protecting <br/>the marine environment.<br/> Plastic pollution caused by plastics produced and discarded daily in the marine environment reaches even the most remote areas from land, and it is feared that it will not only <br/>take the lives of marine life but also deal a major blow to communities that depend on <br/>fishing and tourism. However, there is still insufficient scientific knowledge about the fate of plastic waste that leaks from daily life. Plastic waste flows from rivers into the sea, and then the fine fragments (microplastics) that are broken down spreads in oceans and <br/>atmosphere. The fate of these missing plastics is a response problem of the geoscience <br/>system, including the ecosystem, to the release of the pollutant plastic, and is one of the <br/>important themes that JpGU must address. Environmental destruction caused by marine plastic pollution may bring about major disasters to the creatures on earth in the near <br/>future. As part of environmental and disaster prevention education, it is necessary to <br/>learn about marine plastic pollution, gather many wisdoms, and discuss <br/>countermeasures.