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Seafloor of Fram Strait is a sink for microplastic from Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2020-03-31

Working in the Arctic Fram Strait, scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have found microplastic throughout the water column with particularly high concentrations at the ocean floor. Using model-based simulations, they have also found an explanation for this high level of pollution.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-seafloor-fram-strait-microplastic-arctic.html