Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has been causing significant whole colony mortality
on reefs in Florida and the Caribbean. The cause of SCTLD remains unknown, with the …

Marine plastic pollution is a major concern worldwide, but the understanding of plastisphere
dynamics remains limited in the southern hemisphere. To address this knowledge gap, we …

The presence of widely used sulfamethoxazole (SMX) in wastewater poses a threat to
aquatic organisms and humans. Here, the responses of the emerging microalgal-bacterial …

Microbe-mineral interactions, such as mineral substrate utilization and aggregate formation,
have played a key role in the cycling of elements through Earth evolution. In water, soils, and …

Sea star wasting (SSW) disease describes a condition affecting asteroids that resulted in
significant Northeastern Pacific population decline following a mass mortality event in 2013 …

Investigations on the ability of bacteria to enhance removal of hydrocarbons and reduce
heavy metal toxicity in sediments are necessary to design more effective bioremediation …

Coastal seagrass meadows are essential in blue carbon and aquatic ecosystem services.
However, this ecosystem has suffered severe eutrophication and destruction due to the …

The high ammonium and high salt (HAHS) wastewater generated from the anaerobic
digestate of food waste is usually difficult to be treated by biological process because of its …

Massive amounts of microplastics are transported daily from the oceans and rivers onto
beaches. The ocean plastisphere is a hotspot and a vector for antibiotic resistance genes …

The environmental conditions at a contaminated site will impact on the indigenous microbial
communities, with implications for the removal of pollutants. An analysis of the …