New Research Quantifies the Oceans’ Plastic Problem by JOHN SCHWARTZ

By JOHN SCHWARTZ

New computer modeling suggests that 5.25 trillion plastic particles weighing nearly 269,000 tons are currently floating in the world’s oceans.

Published: December 10, 2014 at 07:00PM

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