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http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/apr\/30\/human-litter-european-seafloor-survey-ocean-deep<\/a>\n\nHuman litter found in Europe's deepest ocean depths\n\nSeabed survey reveals depth of marine litter problem by mapping waste in\nAtlantic and Arctic oceans and Mediterranean\n\nJessica Aldred\ntheguardian.com, Wednesday 30 April 2014 22.00 BST\n\nBottles, plastic bags, fishing nets and other human litter have been\nfound in Europe's deepest ocean depths, according one of the largest\nscientific surveys of the seafloor to date.\n\nScientists used video and trawl surveys to take nearly 600 samples from\n32 sites in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans and the Mediterranean Sea,\nfrom depths of 35 metres to 4.5 kilometres. They found rubbish in every\nMediterranean site surveyed, and all the way from the continental shelf\nof Europe to the mid-Atlantic ridge, around 2,000km from land.\n\nPlastic was the most common type of litter found on the seafloor,\naccounting for 41%, while rubbish associated with fishing activities\n(discarded net and fishing lines) made up 34%. Glass, metal, wood, paper\nand cardboard, clothing, pottery and unidentified materials were also\ndocumented.\n\nJonathan Copley, senior lecturer in marine ecology at the University of\nSouthampton, who did not take part in the study, said: \"This very\nimportant research confirms what most of us who work in the deep ocean\nhave noticed for quite some time ? that human rubbish has got there\nbefore us.\n\n\"But this paper presents an analysis of the kinds of rubbish, what is\ncommon where, and what sort of activities are having the most impact in\nterms of rubbish reaching the deep ocean in different regions. People\nare piecing this together on a global scale to appreciate how widespread\nthis problem is potentially.\"<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/apr\/30\/human-litter-european-seafloor-survey-ocean-deep Human litter found in Europe’s deepest ocean depths Seabed survey reveals depth of marine litter problem by mapping waste in Atlantic and Arctic oceans and Mediterranean Jessica Aldred theguardian.com, Wednesday 30 April 2014 22.00 BST Bottles, plastic bags, fishing nets and other human litter have been found in Europe’s deepest ocean depths, according one of the largest scientific surveys of the seafloor to date. Scientists used video and trawl surveys to take nearly 600 samples from 32 sites in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans and the Mediterranean Sea, from depths of 35 metres to 4.5 kilometres. They found rubbish in every Mediterranean site surveyed, and all the way from the continental shelf of Europe to the mid-Atlantic ridge, around 2,000km from land. Plastic was the most common type of litter found on the seafloor, accounting for 41%, while rubbish associated with fishing activities (discarded net and fishing lines) made up 34%. Glass, metal, wood, paper and cardboard, clothing, pottery and unidentified materials were also documented. Jonathan Copley, senior lecturer in marine ecology at the University of Southampton, who did not take part in the study, said: “This very important research confirms what most of us who work in the deep ocean have noticed for quite some time ? that human rubbish has got there before us. “But this paper presents an analysis of the kinds of rubbish, what is common where, and what sort of activities are having the most impact in terms of rubbish reaching the deep ocean in different regions. People are piecing this together on a global scale to appreciate how widespread this problem is potentially.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3443,3415,3452,3488],"tags":[2467,1585],"yoast_head":"\nHuman litter found in Europe's deepest ocean depths - One Earth - One Ocean e. V.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/atlantic-en\/2014\/human-litter-found-in-europes-deepest-ocean-depths\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Human litter found in Europe's deepest ocean depths - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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