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Surprising results when researchers mapped floating plastic debris in the ocean

Written by Nichole Gagliardo | Jul 21, 2014 6:14:38 PM

An interesting article in the National geographic "First of Its Kind Map Reveals Extent of Ocean Plastic"

Researchers mapped floating plastic in the ocean and found far less debris that expected.  "Our observations show that large loads of plastic fragments, with sizes from microns to some millimeters, are unaccounted for in the surface loads," says Cozar. Where is the missing plastic?