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High concentrations of plastic hidden beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean

Abstract Concern over plastic pollution of the marine environment is severe. The mass-imbalance between the plastic litter supplied to and observed in the ocean currently suggests a missing sink. However, here we show that the ocean interior conceals high loads of small-sized plastic debris which can balance and even exceed the estimated plastic inputs into …

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Atlantic Ocean Plastic Pollution Study

Atlantic ocean holds 10x more plastic pollution than previously believed, new study finds The amount of plastic in the ocean has been ‘massively underestimated’, according to a National Oceanography Centre study.Researchers estimate that the Atlantic’s total plastic load is around 200 million tonnes (approximately 220.4 million U.S. tons).There is at least 10 times more plastic …

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