Maria Pinto and Gerhard J. Herndl from the Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography show that plastics release dissolved organic carbon (DOC) into the ambient seawater, stimulating the activity of heterotrophic microbes. [read more]
"Dissolved organic carbon leaching from plastics stimulates microbial activity in the ocean": Cristina Romera-Castillo, Maria Pinto, Teresa Langer, Xose Anton Álvarez-Salgado, Gerhard J. Herndl. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03798-5
