This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This volume focuses on microscopic plastic debris, also referred to as microplastics, which have been detected in aquatic environments around the globe and have accordingly raised serious concerns. The book explores whether microplastics represent emerging contaminants in freshwater systems, an area that remains underrepresented to date. Given the complexity of the issue, the book covers the current state-of-research on microplastics in rivers and lakes, including analytical aspects, environmental concentrations and sources, modelling approaches, interactions with biota, and ecological implications. To provide a broader perspective, the book also discusses lessons learned from nanomaterials and the implications of plastic debris for regulation, politics, economy, and society. In a research field that is rapidly evolving, it offers a solid overview for environmental chemists, engineers, and toxicologists, as well as water managers and policy-makers.

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This volume focuses on microscopic plastic debris, also referred to as microplastics, which have been detected in aquatic environments around the globe and have accordingly raised serious concerns. The book explores whether microplastics represent emerging contaminants in freshwater systems, an area that remains underrepresented to date. Given the complexity of the issue, the book covers the current state-of-research on microplastics in rivers and lakes, including analytical aspects, environmental concentrations and sources, modelling approaches, interactions with biota, and ecological implications. To provide a broader perspective, the book also discusses lessons learned from nanomaterials and the implications of plastic debris for regulation, politics, economy, and society. In a research field that is rapidly evolving, it offers a solid overview for environmental chemists, engineers, and toxicologists, as well as water managers and policy-makers.

Charlie Jacobsen is a young man who seemingly has it all: athletic talent, popularity, and boundless opportunity. But below this surface level existence there is more- a lot more. The truth? He feels lost and out of control. His existence is haunted by strange extraordinary experiences, well hidden emotional scars, and unrelenting questioning fueled by his emptiness. Soon after he serendipitously meets the savior and love of his life, Ema, he is confronted with a situation no teenager should have to face. In a last ditch effort to escape from this cruel surface level life and all of the pain it comes with, Charlie finds himself cast away in the forests of the Rocky Mountains. His concepts of reality and the course of his life forever change as he embarks on a fantastical eye-opening journey. The novel is about facing your fears; listening to your heart; and discovering the deeper truths behind life, death, love, and the human potential. It's about finding personal meaning and a deeper connection in a world that- at first glance- would appear to be consumed by senseless chaos, duality, and shallow thinking.

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