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

A new research article published on Nature raises the alert on plastic pollution in the Atlantic marine environment. The study shows that the 11.6–21.1 Million Tonnes of the three most-littered plastics (polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene) within the 32–651 µm size-class float in the top 200 m of the Atlantic Ocean. Considering that plastics of other sizes and polymer types will […]