Future archeologists discovering the seas should be able to identify our moment in history by the layers of plastic we left behind. The situation is alarming, and many people are calling for an urgent solution. What can be done to clean up our oceans?
New research suggests there may be far more microplastics in the ocean than initially estimated. Microplastics, which breakdown into miniscule pieces of plastic are notoriously tricky to catch. Their small size allows them to get buried in ocean sediment and to escape through nets. Scientists at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in England.