While we know much of the plastic waste we generate winds up in bodies of water, what happens to it from there is still a large unknown. A new study documenting the accumulation of microplastic particles on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea has shed some new light on the issue, with the authors coming to the striking conclusion that concentrations of this material on the floor of the Med has tripled since 2000.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: University of Barcelona, Microplastic, Plastic, Plastic waste
Amount of microplastics on Mediterranean Sea floor triple in 20 years
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