MicroplasticsTrophic transferThe biological impacts of microplastics on many organisms have been well documented. However, the combined effects of microplastics and chiral chemicals on the aquatic food chain are less clear. In the present study, the enantioselective environmental behaviors of methamphetamine...
Cite this article Microplastics are everywhere — we need to understand how they affect human health. Nat Med 30, 913 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02968-x Download citation Published19 April 2024 Issue DateApril 2024 DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02968-xSections...
as everything from nurdle spills at sea to a nylon shirt tossed into the trash eventually becomes microplastic. These tiny particles are insidious new pollutants colonizing the planet, from food to water to the air itself. Scientists are just beginning to uncover how microplastics might threaten he...
How do microplastics affect the marine microbial loop? Predation of microplastics by microzooplankton Protozoans play an integral role in the microbial loop, an important process of material and energy transfer in marine ecosystems. The number of microplast... X Geng,J Wang,Y Zhang,... - 《Sci...
How does litter affect marine life? Litter: Litter can be anything from plastic bags to cigarette butts to fishing nets. It can also be microplastics that may end up in the oceans and seas. It is estimated that there are 5.25 trillion pieces of trash in the oceans. ...
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Plastic has become indispensable for human life. When plastic debris is discarded into waterways, these items can interact with organisms. Of particular concern are microscopic plastic particles (microplastics) which are subject to ingestion by several t
It chokes the soil, harms plants, and kills animals that mistake it for food. When waste is burned, it releases harmful gases into the air, making it dirty and dangerous to breathe. Even the tiniest pieces of plastic, known as microplastics, can enter the food chain and affect everyone, ...
Microplastics can be the size of a grain of rice, finer than the width of a human hair, or “nanoplastic” size, which is small enough to infiltrate cells. Because of their size, microplastics can be ingested by a wide range of creatures, including us. ...
interest in this critical, worldwide issue. However, relatively few studies have considered how marine plastic pollution may affect the smallest life in our oceans, marine microbes (Fig.1). Such microorganisms are critical to the marine food web, photosynthetic primary production and biogeochemical ...