Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Plastic pollution in the Atlantic: A mysterious disappearance
Where has all the plastic gone?
THE amount of plastic thrown away by Americans increased fourfold between 1980 and 2008. It is a reasonable assumption that as more plastic is produced and discarded, this will affect oceanic pollution. But a study of the north Atlantic and the Caribbean, just published in Science, suggests things are not getting worse.
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