The rise in ocean plastics evidenced from a 60-year time series

Plastics threaten the ocean environment. Here the authors present a 60 year time series (via the continuous plankton recorder) for the North Atlantic, revealing a significant increase in marine plastic after 1990.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Clare Ostle, Richard C. Thompson, Derek Broughton, Lance Gregory, Marianne Wootton, David G. Johns
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
Subjects:
Science
Q
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09506-1
https://doaj.org/article/cb236b10949e4603a1dd28bb2a2ea2f1
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Summary:Plastics threaten the ocean environment. Here the authors present a 60 year time series (via the continuous plankton recorder) for the North Atlantic, revealing a significant increase in marine plastic after 1990.

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