Plastics become rapidly colonized by microbes when released into marine environments.
This microbial community—the Plastisphere—has recently sparked a multitude of scientific …

With the widespread occurrence of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems having been firmly
established, the focus of research has shifted towards the assessments of their influence on …

The pollution of plastic waste has become an increasingly serious environmental crisis.
Recently, plastic has been detected in various kinds of environments, even in human …

The microbial colonization profiles on microplastics (MPs) in marine environments have
recently sparked global interest. However, many studies have characterized plastisphere …

Microplastic pollution and associated impacts in the aquatic environment are spreading at
an alarming rate worldwide. Plastic waste is increasing in the environment, and …

Micro-and nanoplastics (MNPs) are ubiquitous in aquatic and terrestrial environments, and
detrimental biological effects have been observed on a variety of organisms, from bacteria …

Microplastics have been reported in environmental media for decades, but gaps in our
knowledge about them still remain. We investigated the third biggest freshwater lake in …

Global warming has driven a loss of dissolved oxygen in the ocean in recent decades. We
demonstrate the potential for an additional anthropogenic driver of deoxygenation, in which …

Plastic debris has been accumulating in the marine realm since the start of plastic mass
production in the 1950s. Due to the adverse effects on ocean life, the fate of plastics in the …

Plastic particles in the ocean are typically covered with microbial biofilms, but it remains
unclear whether distinct microbial communities colonize different polymer types. In this …