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03-06-2020, 12:45 PM
Scientists name new deep-sea species Eurythenes plasticus to highlight pollution
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March 6, 2020
Scientists who discovered a new marine animal, in one of the deepest places on earth, were so concerned at finding plastic in its stomach they named it Eurythenes plasticus.
They chose this name to highlight that plastic pollution is now so prevalent that even a new species of amphipod living nearly 7km below sea level has ingested plastic.
A team from England's Newcastle University, led by Dr Alan Jamieson, found the shrimp-like crustacean in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench between Japan and the Philippines and below the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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March 6, 2020
Scientists who discovered a new marine animal, in one of the deepest places on earth, were so concerned at finding plastic in its stomach they named it Eurythenes plasticus.
They chose this name to highlight that plastic pollution is now so prevalent that even a new species of amphipod living nearly 7km below sea level has ingested plastic.
A team from England's Newcastle University, led by Dr Alan Jamieson, found the shrimp-like crustacean in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench between Japan and the Philippines and below the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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