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Erik van Sebille

Erik van Sebille

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Earth Science

D-Index
66
Citations
18568
World Ranking
1291
National Ranking
35

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Erik van Sebille is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular emphasis on oceanography and pollution. They have contributed to the understanding of marine and coastal ecosystems, microplastics and plastic pollution, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and related fields.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Erik van Sebille's work spans key subfields such as:

  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Pollution
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology

They have frequently published in venues including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Ocean Science
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Geoscience Communication

Frequent co-authors of Erik van Sebille include Robert Marsh, Christian Kehl, Mikael Kaandorp, Delphine Lobelle, and Peter Nooteboom.

Recent publications by Erik van Sebille include:

  • The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Plastic pollution in the Arctic (2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • An inshore-offshore sorting system revealed from global classification of ocean litter (2021, Nature Sustainability)
  • Micro- and Nanoplastics in Alpine Snow: A New Method for Chemical Identification and (Semi)Quantification in the Nanogram Range (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Global simulations of marine plastic transport show plastic trapping in coastal zones (2021, Environmental Research Letters)

Erik van Sebille has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2019
  • James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2019

Best Publications

  • A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

    Erik Van Sebille;Erik Van Sebille;Chris Wilcox;Laurent Lebreton;Nikolai Maximenko

  • The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts

    Adriana Vergés;Peter D. Steinberg;Mark E. Hay;Alistair G. B. Poore

  • Threat of plastic pollution to seabirds is global, pervasive, and increasing

    Chris Wilcox;Erik Van Sebille;Erik Van Sebille;Britta Denise Hardesty

  • The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

    Erik van Sebille;Stefano Aliani;Kara Lavender Law;Nikolai Maximenko

  • The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation

    Andrés Cózar;Elisa Martí;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Juan García-de-Lomas

  • Lagrangian ocean analysis: Fundamentals and practices

    Erik van Sebille;Erik van Sebille;Stephen M. Griffies;Ryan Abernathey;Thomas P. Adams

  • Origin, dynamics and evolution of ocean garbage patches from observed surface drifters

    Erik van Sebille;Matthew H England;Gary Froyland

  • An inshore–offshore sorting system revealed from global classification of ocean litter

    Carmen Morales-Caselles;Josué Viejo;Elisa Martí;Daniel González-Fernández

  • Connectivity Modeling System: A probabilistic modeling tool for the multi-scale tracking of biotic and abiotic variability in the ocean

    Claire B. Paris;Judith Helgers;Erik Van Sebille;Ashwanth Srinivasan

  • All is not lost: Deriving a top-down mass budget of plastic at sea.

    Albert Aart Koelmans;Merel Kooi;Kara Lavender Law;Erik Van Sebille;Erik Van Sebille

  • Plastics in sea surface waters around the Antarctic Peninsula.

    Ana Luzia de Figueiredo Lacerda;Ana Luzia de Figueiredo Lacerda;Lucas dos Santos Rodrigues;Erik Van Sebille;Fábio Lameiro Rodrigues

  • The Parcels v2.0 Lagrangian framework: new field interpolation schemes

    Philippe Delandmeter;Erik van Sebille

  • Antarctica’s ecological isolation will be broken by storm-driven dispersal and warming

    Ceridwen I. Fraser;Adele K. Morrison;Andrew Mc C. Hogg;Erasmo C. Macaya

  • Micro- and Nanoplastics in Alpine Snow: A New Method for Chemical Identification and (Semi)Quantification in the Nanogram Range

    Dusan Materic;Anneliese Kasper-Giebl;Daniela Kau;Marnick Anten

  • Toward the integrated marine debris observing system

    Nikolai Maximenko;Paolo Corradi;Kara Lavender Law;Erik Van Sebille

  • Using numerical model simulations to improve the understanding of micro-plastic distribution and pathways in the marine environment

    Britta D. Hardesty;Joseph Harari;Atsuhiko Isobe;Laurent Lebreton

  • Parcels v0.9: prototyping a Lagrangian ocean analysis framework for the petascale age

    Michael Lange;Erik van Sebille;Erik van Sebille

  • The occurrence and degradation of aquatic plastic litter based on polymer physicochemical properties: A review

    Tom Bond;Veronica Ferrandiz-Mas;Mónica Felipe-Sotelo;Erik van Sebille

  • The Role of Ekman Currents, Geostrophy, and Stokes Drift in the Accumulation of Floating Microplastic.

    Victor Onink;Victor Onink;Victor Onink;David Wichmann;Philippe Delandmeter;Erik van Sebille

  • A Scientific Perspective on Microplastics in Nature and Society

    B. Koelmans;S. Pahl;T. Backhaus;F. Bessa

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Fogwill
Christopher J. Fogwill Cranfield University
Henk A. Dijkstra
Henk A. Dijkstra Utrecht University
Matthew H. England
Matthew H. England University of New South Wales
Alex Sen Gupta
Alex Sen Gupta University of New South Wales
Britta Denise Hardesty
Britta Denise Hardesty CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere
Arne Biastoch
Arne Biastoch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Chris S. M. Turney
Chris S. M. Turney Heriot-Watt University
Nicholas P. McKay
Nicholas P. McKay Northern Arizona University
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey
Chris Wilcox
Chris Wilcox Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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