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nitpicker

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Mon May 13, 2019, 08:26 PM May 2019

Mariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48230157

Mariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag

An American explorer has found plastic waste on the seafloor while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive.

Victor Vescovo descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. He spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench in his submersible, built to withstand the immense pressure of the deep.

He found sea creatures, but also found a plastic bag and sweet wrappers.

It is the third time humans have reached the ocean's extreme depths.
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Mariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag (Original Post) nitpicker May 2019 OP
geez I bet that trench would hold all the planet's trash for decades nt msongs May 2019 #1
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