Scientists estimate the total weight of plastic floating in the world's oceans

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Dec 10, 2014, 3:17 pm21 pts
Nearly 269,000 tons of plastic pollution may be floating in the world's oceans, according to a study published December 10, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Marcus Eriksen from Five Gyres Institute and colleagues. Microplastic pollution is found in varying concentrations throughout the oceans, but…

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