The oceans are full of our plastic ? here?s what we can do about it
The oceans are full of our plastic ? here?s what we can do about it
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18. September 2014
https://theconversation.com/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it-31460 14 September 2014 The oceans are full of our plastic ? here?s what we can do about it By Britta Denise Hardesty, CSIRO and Chris Wilcox, CSIRO The Australian government has a ?threat abatement plan? which aims to save marine animals from being harmed by rubbish. We set out to inform this plan by developing a better understanding of where exactly this rubbish comes from and how exactly it harms wildlife. We surveyed the entire Australian coast at 100 km intervals, with help from school groups and citizen scientists. We found that our shorelines are littered with debris. About three-quarters of it is plastic and, although there are some large items, 95% of the items are just a few centimetres across, or smaller. In Australian waters, you can expect to find anything from a few thousand to more than 40,000 pieces of plastic per square kilometre. http://csironewsblog.com/2014/09/15/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it/
