Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Biofilms are a form of collective life with emergent properties that confer many advantages
on their inhabitants, and they represent a much higher level of organization than single cells …

Motivated by the need to predict how the Arctic atmosphere will change in a warming world,
this article summarizes recent advances made by the research consortium NETCARE …

The pervasiveness of microplastics (MPs) in global oceans is raising concerns about their
adverse impacts on ecosystems. The mechanistic understanding of MP transport is critical …

One of the major challenges in understanding the dynamics of the ocean's health and
functioning is the potential impact of the increasing presence of plastic. Besides the verified …

Biofilms are matrix‐enclosed communities that represent the most dominant and active
mode of microbial life on Earth. Because biofilms are inherently more productive than any …

Bacteria are now generally believed to adopt two main lifestyles: planktonic individuals, or
surface-attached biofilms. However, in recent years medical microbiologists started to stress …

The third edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new
discoveries and concepts since 2011, especially progress due to extensive application of …

Plastic debris in the marine environment are the subject of an extensive literature. According
to studies dedicated to the determination of plastic litter abundance and to the …

The surface of the oceans acts as a global sink and source for trace gases and aerosol
particles. Recent studies suggest that photochemical reactions at this air/water interface …