Marine litter, future prospects for research

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Author: Galgani, Francois
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Subjects: marine litter; microplastics; marine debris; trophic chains; chemicals; rafting; Jules; Verne; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00358/46933/46837.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2015.00087; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00358/46933/

As far back as 1870, i.e., about 150 years ago, Jules Verne described the accumulation of debris in the convergence zone of the North Atlantic Ocean in his famous novel entitled “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.” Many scientific reports have addressed this topic since and our main concern toda...