Plankton Exacerbate Plastic Threat With Nano Particles, Warns Research

The rotifer's masticatory apparatus (in yellow) is strong enough to fracture and grind out more than 300,000 nanoplastic particles every day. The microscopic animals are chewing apart microplastics and excreting even smaller plastics, known as nanoparticles, into the oceans and freshwater lakes. PHOTO BY UMASS AMHERST/SWNS 

Plankton is rapidly escalating the environmental threat of plastic, warns new research.

The microscopic animals are chewing apart microplastics and excreting even smaller plastics, known as nanoparticles, into the oceans and freshwater lakes.