Marine litter, future prospects for research

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Author: Galgani, Francois
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Environnement Ressources Provence Azur Corse (LERPAC), Unité Littoral (LITTORAL), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Jules; Verne; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04200506; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2015.00087

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...