In that work, published on November 9 in Nature Nanotechnology, scientists fed small pieces of fluorescent plastic to plankton called rotifers and watched to see what happened.
The new studywhich complements a growing body of research showing that plastic pollution extends from the deepest ocean trenches into the atmospheresheds light on how astoundingly quickly plastic can proliferate.
We know that microplastics eventually become nanoplastics, but you don't think it's going to happen that fast, says Jacqueline Padilla-Gamino, a marine biologist at the University of Washington, who was not involved in the new research.
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