For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic 'missing' from our oceans – but now it's been found
- Written by Britta Denise Hardesty, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, CSIRO
You’ve probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all the plastic that enters Earth’s oceans each year, just 1% has been observed floating on the surface. So where is the rest of it?
This “missing” plastic has been a longstanding scientific question. To date, the search has focused on oceanic...