Scientists have discovered an area of the North Atlantic Ocean where plastic debris accumulates.
The region is said to compare with the well-documented “great Pacific garbage patch”.
Karen Lavender Law of the Sea Education Association told the BBC that the issue of plastics had been “largely ignored” in the Atlantic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8534052.stm
Tags: Biodiversity
Oprettet on onsdag, 24. februar 2010 .
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