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“Almost every tow we did contained plastic, regardless of the depth.”

—

Giora Proskurowski, a University of Washington researcher. His new research has found that natural ocean processes such as wind, drag, turbulence and wave height can push the plastic deep down, where it floats along, suspended underwater and unobserved by people examining the ocean’s surface.

The new report claims scientists have only skimmed the surface on the devastating pollution caused by plastic debris in the ocean, and the research community is likely underestimating the amount of plastic in the ocean. Read more. (via centerforinvestigativereporting)

this is a huge problem, and we are ignoring it

just like we are ignoring countless other huge problems.

today is one of those days that I just can’t see the bright side …

Source: centerforinvestigativereporting

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