Study: More plastic in ocean than thought
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 21:00
in Earth & Climate
SEATTLE, April 25 (UPI) -- Research on how much plastic litters the oceans may vastly underestimate the true amount because it only looks at the surface, a U.S. researcher says.
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