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Just how much plastic is there floating around in our oceans? Dr Erik van Sebille from UNSW's Climate Change Research Centre has completed a study of ocean "garbage patches", and has found that in some regions the amount of plastic outweighs that of marine life.
MORE INFO:
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/7/4/044040
UNSW Climate Change Research Centre:
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/7/4/044040
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Just how much plastic is there floating around in our oceans? Dr Erik van Sebille from UNSW's Climate Change Research Centre has completed a study of ocean "garbage patches", and has found that in some regions the amount of plastic outweighs that of marine life.
MORE INFO:
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/7/4/044040
UNSW Climate Change Research Centre:
http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/7/4/044040
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