Ashotep Posted October 23, 2012 #1 Share Posted October 23, 2012 ScienceDaily (Oct. 23, 2012) — The sea bed in the Arctic deep sea is increasingly strewn with litter and plastic waste, according to researchers.The study is published in the advance online publication of the scientific journal Marine Pollution Bulletin by Dr. Melanie Bergmann, biologist and deep-sea expert at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association. The quantities of waste observed at the AWI deep-sea observatory HAUSGARTEN are even higher than those found in a deep-sea canyon near the Portuguese capital Lisbon. Biologists Record Increasing Amounts of Plastic Litter in the Arctic Deep Sea Are we turning the planet into one giant garbage can? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted October 23, 2012 #2 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Oh crap - mankind does it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted October 24, 2012 Author #3 Share Posted October 24, 2012 You think we would at least try to stop doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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