Monday, February 02, 2015

drowning in plastic waste

I covered the problem of plastic waste in the oceans two years ago, but as research on the interactions between the plastic materials and the affected biosphere is beginning to emerge, I wrote a new feature, now more focused on microplastics and their biological impact. This has just appeared in Current Biology:

Oceans of plastic waste
Current Biology Volume 25, Issue 3, pages R93–R96, February 02, 2015

Open access

(Photo: © Karumbé-Uruguay.)

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