Unfortunately, the problem is far more extensive than previously thought, according to a team of researchers from the University of Newcastle. Microplastics are being consumed by animals in the farthest depths of the ocean.
As part of the Sky Ocean Rescue project, a team led by Dr. Alan Jamieson collected crustaceans from six different deep-sea trenches.
The researchers looked at various places all over the world, including the Mariana Trench, the Japan Trench, the Atacama Trench, the New Hebrides Trench, and the Kermadec Trench.
Looking at their results — which they recorded in Royal Society Open Science— the scientists were unpleasantly shocked. |
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