Plastic litter taints the sea surface, even in the Arctic
Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Oct 26, 2015 - In a new study, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) show for the first time that marine litter can even be found at the sea surface of Arctic waters. Though it remains unclear how the litter made it so far north, it is likely to pose new problems for local marine life, the authors report on the online portal of the scientific journa ... more
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