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http:\/\/theconversation.com\/creatures-living-on-tiny-ocean-plastic-may-be-cleaning-our-seas-27876<\/a>\n\n18 June 2014\n\nCreatures living on tiny ocean plastic may be cleaning our seas\n\nBy Julia Reisser, University of Western Australia; Charitha\nPattiaratchi, University of Western Australia, and Jeremy Shaw,\nUniversity of Western Australia\n\nWe know that Australia?s waters contain lots of tiny pieces of plastic,\nand that these pieces can harm many marine species. But in new research\npublished today we show that these microplastics are also home to marine\nlife, some of which could be helping to clean up the oceans.\n\nIn earlier research reported on The Conversation we found Australia?s\nwaters contain around 4,000 plastic pieces per square kilometre.\n\nSince then we?ve been looking at the tiny lifeforms found on tiny\nplastic, in the first Australian study of its kind. Our results are\npublished today in PLOS ONE and data repository Figshare.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/theconversation.com\/creatures-living-on-tiny-ocean-plastic-may-be-cleaning-our-seas-27876 18 June 2014 Creatures living on tiny ocean plastic may be cleaning our seas By Julia Reisser, University of Western Australia; Charitha Pattiaratchi, University of Western Australia, and Jeremy Shaw, University of Western Australia We know that Australia?s waters contain lots of tiny pieces of plastic, and that these pieces can harm many marine species. But in new research published today we show that these microplastics are also home to marine life, some of which could be helping to clean up the oceans. In earlier research reported on The Conversation we found Australia?s waters contain around 4,000 plastic pieces per square kilometre. Since then we?ve been looking at the tiny lifeforms found on tiny plastic, in the first Australian study of its kind. 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