Atlantic Ocean Holds 10x More Plastic Pollution Than Previously Believed, New Study Finds

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By Olivia RosaneAug 20, 2020, 12:25 pm232 pts
There is at least 10 times more plastic polluting the Atlantic Ocean than previously believed, a new study has found. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) study, the first to measure the "invisible" microplastics beneath the surface of the entire Atlantic Ocean, found that there were between 12- 21 million…

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