A recent study shows that that the potentially toxin-producing plankton species Pfiesteria piscicida prefers to colonize plastic particles, where they are found in 50 times higher densities than in ...
Airborne diseases pass from one person to another when microorganisms travel through the air. Chickenpox, the common cold, and COVID-19 are examples of airborne diseases. Airborne diseases can ...
Organisms can grow on microplastics in freshwater ecosystems. The findings of a recent study undertaken by researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and ...