Title:
14 million tonnes of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study
Published:
Science Bulletin, 9 October 2020
From the article:
The world’s sea floor is littered with an estimated 14 million tonnes of microplastics, broken down from the masses of rubbish entering the oceans every year, according to Australia’s national science agency.
See also:
Justine Barrett et al. Microplastic Pollution in Deep-Sea Sediments From the Great Australian Bight. Frontiers in Marine Science (2020). DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.576170