Plastic persists for a very long time, especially in cold habitats, like here on Svalbard. Now it has been discovered that cold-adapted microorganisms also produce enzymes that can break down plastic. In large parts of the Arctic, however, it would still be too cold....
The viruses found in the small meltwater pools on glaciers, so-called cryoconit holes, in Greenland, in Spitsbergen and in the Alps, have remarkably similar genomes. Photo: Christopher Bellas An international team of scientists studied life in small meltwater pools on...
