Could a Solution to Marine Plastic Waste Threaten One of the Ocean's Most Mysterious Ecosystems?

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By Deutsche WelleAug 15, 2020, 2:00 pm216 pts
By Ute Eberle In May 2017, shells started washing up along the Ligurian coast in Italy. They were small and purple and belonged to a snail called Janthina pallida that is rarely seen on land. But the snails kept coming — so many that entire stretches of the beach turned pastel. An unusual wind pattern had…

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