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An invisible ecosystem has formed on ocean plastic. Researchers from UFZ Leipzig and GEOMAR Kiel reveal how microbes survive there – and what it means for the oceans.

Electricity from wastewater: how microbes could turn waste into energy

Wastewater as a source of energy? Researchers from Leipzig and Greifswald show that the energy contained in our daily wastewater is equivalent to the annual output of around 100 nuclear power plants – and explain how tiny bacteria can turn it into electricity. | more

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