11 Feb 2025
Marine Plastic Pollution: A breeding ground for disease-causing bacteria
Microplastics are an incredibly widespread pollutant, found buried in Antarctic sea ice, inside the guts of marine animals inhabiting the deepest ocean trenches, and in drinking water around the world. More than 120 trillion microplastics (i.e. plastic particles under 5 mm) are estimated to have entered the global ocean. In the ocean, microplastics […]