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Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic?

Millions of metric tons of plastic are produced annually. Countless large items of plastic debris are accumulating in marine habitats worldwide and may persist for centuries ([ 1 ][1]–[ 4 ]…

Richard C. Thompson, Ylva S. Olsen, Richard P. Mitchell, Anthony Davis, Steven J. Rowland, A.W.G. John, Daniel McGonigle, Andrea E. Russell

https://resea.org/10.1126/science.1094559

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Abstract

Millions of metric tons of plastic are produced annually. Countless large items of plastic debris are accumulating in marine habitats worldwide and may persist for centuries ([ 1 ][1]–[ 4 ][2]). Here we show that microscopic plastic fragments and fibers ([Fig. 1A][3]) are also widespread in the