Toxic microplastic hotspots are accumulating on the ocean floor in record levels

Toxic microplastic hotspots are accumulating on the ocean floor in record levels

Posted by on May 1, 2020 @ 7:16 am in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: April 30, 2020

Scientists from the U.K. have discovered the highest level of microplastics ever recorded on the seafloor, with up to 1.9 million pieces of plastic covering just one square meter at the bottom of the ocean. The harmful plastic debris has been pulled down by powerful deep-sea currents that transport and concentrate the pollutants within huge sediment accumulations, which...

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