SANTA CRUZ – Marine critters have trouble living on the smooth, slippery pieces of plastic bobbing in the ocean. Barnacles help give them a foothold. But that could be a problem. Colonized plastic can ...
Barnacle cement can withstand pressures of up to 5,000 pounds per square inch. The cyprid larva stage creates a biological deadline that dictates permanent attachment failure. Scientists discovered ...
Barnacles in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch are attaching themselves to trash and eating little plastic particles. Researchers don’t yet know the implications of these findings, but it’s a safe bet ...
SANTA CRUZ – Marine critters have trouble living on the smooth, slippery pieces of plastic bobbing in the ocean. Barnacles help give them a foothold. But that could be a problem. Colonized plastic can ...
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