The level of microplastics on the seafloor is at its highest ever level, with up to 1.9 million pieces covering just one square meter
Researchers said they were"shocked" by the volume of microplastics found on the seafloor bed.The accumulation of floating plastic accounts for less than 1% of the 10 million tons of plastic that enter the world's oceans each year, according to research spearheaded by the University of Manchester in the UK. The missing 99% is thought to accumulate in the deep ocean, but until now it has not been clear just where it has ended up.
Being so tiny means they are not easily captured by the conventional water treatment system and so are easily flushed through to rivers and the sea.Samples of sediment were collected by the Tyrrhenian Sea, part of the Mediterranean located off the west coast of Italy. Scientists separated the microplastics from the sediment and determined how ocean currents controlled the distribution of microplastics on the seafloor.A collection of microfibers discovered by scientists.
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