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https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it-31460<\/a>\n\n14 September 2014\n\nThe oceans are full of our plastic ? here?s what we can do about it\n\nBy Britta Denise Hardesty, CSIRO and Chris Wilcox, CSIRO\n\nThe Australian government has a ?threat abatement plan? which aims to\nsave marine animals from being harmed by rubbish. We set out to inform\nthis plan by developing a better understanding of where exactly this\nrubbish comes from and how exactly it harms wildlife.\n\nWe surveyed the entire Australian coast at 100 km intervals, with help\nfrom school groups and citizen scientists. We found that our shorelines\nare littered with debris. About three-quarters of it is plastic and,\nalthough there are some large items, 95% of the items are just a few\ncentimetres across, or smaller.\n\nIn Australian waters, you can expect to find anything from a few\nthousand to more than 40,000 pieces of plastic per square kilometre.\n\nhttp:\/\/csironewsblog.com\/2014\/09\/15\/the-oceans-are-full-of-our-plastic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it\/<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3467,3588,3488],"tags":[1585,1587,1545],"yoast_head":"\nThe oceans are full of our plastic ? here?s what we can do about it - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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