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Plastic Bags Litter Seafloor

2013-06-09 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Scientific American: You know what's becoming more common than fish in the sea? Plastic bags. Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute surveyed underwater video footage. They saw that plastic bags have become ubiquitous on the seafloor off the U.S. West Coasteven as far away as Hawaii. The institute's robot subs collected the videos over the last 22 years, mostly in and around Monterey Bay but also further afield. Technicians noted whenever it showed objects or animals. The footage spanned...

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