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Scientists Reveal Depth of Marine Litter Problem
A new seafloor survey revealed just how much the ocean is speckled with litter. Even in the deepest ocean depths you can find bottles, plastic bags, fishing nets and other types of human litter, researchers describe in the journal PLOS ONE.
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