UNEP/OEOO Microplastic Pollution Map
First interactive world map documenting marine microplastic pollution based on water samples collected from regular shipping routes and analyzed via FTIR spectrometry.
data.unep.org
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global, strongest in European seas, Atlantic, Mediterranean
- Access
- Free
- Category
- UN Organization
- Last updated
- 2023
What's inside
- Microplastic Concentration
- Chemical Composition
- FTIR Analysis
- Shipping Route Sampling
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: Microplastic Concentration
- 02
Water accounting
Track how much water crops actually consume across a command area.
- 03
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
- 02
Demand forecasts
Predict irrigation demand weeks ahead for canal and pump planning.
- 03
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
Machine-readable endpoint on data.unep.org
Licence: CC-BY 3.0 IGO
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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