Title:
For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic ‘missing’ from our oceans – but now it’s been found
Author:
Britta Denise Hardesty & Chris Wilcox
Published:
The Conversation, 12 March 2020
From the article:
"You’ve probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all the plastic that enters Earth’s oceans each year, just 1% has been observed floating on the surface. So where is the rest of it?"
To read this article:
https://theconversation.com/for-decades-scientists-puzzled-over-the-plastic-missing-from-our-oceans-but-now-its-been-found-133434
For more information, see the scholarly article:
Olivelli, A. [et al.]. (20 February 2020). Coastal margins and backshores represent a major sink for marine debris: insights from a continental-scale analysis. IOP Publishing Ltd. Available: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab7836