University of Bern, Switzerland - Plastic waste in the sea mainly drifts near the coast

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Plastic waste in the sea mainly drifts near the coast 

 

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University of Bern, Switzerland, 2 June 2021

https://www.unibe.ch/news/media_news/media_relations_e/media_releases/2021/media_releases_2021/plastic_waste_in_the_sea_mainly_drifts_near_the_coast/index_eng.html

 

From the media release:

A study conducted at the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Bern provides new insights into the pollution of the world's oceans with plastic waste. The modelling shows that most of the plastic does not end up in the open ocean, but beaches or drifts in the water near the coast.

 

Also see

 

Victor Onink, Cleo Jongedijk, Matthew Hoffman, Erik van Sebille, Charlotte Laufkötter: Global simulations of marine plastic transport show plastic trapping in coastal zones. Environmental Research Letters, June 2, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abecbd