Atlantic Ocean Holds 10x More Plastic Pollution Than Previously Believed, New Study Finds

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Atlantic Ocean Holds 10x More Plastic Pollution Than Previously Believed, New Study Finds

Aug 20, 2020

There is at least 10 times more plastic polluting the Atlantic Ocean than previously believed, a new study has found.

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) study, the first to measure the "invisible" microplastics beneath the surface of the entire Atlantic Ocean, found that there were between 12-21 million tonnes (approximately 13-23 million U.S. tons) of them floating in the top 200 meters (approximately 656 feet) under the waves.

However, the study only measured the three most common types of microplastic in the upper levels of the ocean, The Guardian pointed out. The researchers estimate that the Atlantic's total plastic load is closer to 200 million tonnes (approximately 220.4 million U.S. tons). That is much higher than the previous estimate of 17 million to 47 million tonnes (approximately 19 to 52 million U.S. tons) of plastic released into the Atlantic between 1950 and 2015.

https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-pol...647039932.html

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Or so this leftist media likes to claim.