KAIST Finds Algal Blooms Make Plastic More Prone to Breaking Apart, Revealing a Mechanism of Microplastic Formation (IMAGE)

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

KAIST Finds Algal Blooms Make Plastic More Prone to Breaking Apart, Revealing a Mechanism of Microplastic Formation

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Figure 1. (Top) Water sampling at KAIST’s Duck Pond and microcosms constructed using the collected water samples. (Bottom) The microbial biofilm formed on the plastic surface under eutrophic conditions over 42 days.

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