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Big rise in North Pacific plastic waste [View all]
Source: BBC
9 May 2012 Last updated at 01:01 GMT
Big rise in North Pacific plastic waste
By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News
The quantity of small plastic fragments floating in the north-east Pacific Ocean has increased a hundred fold over the past 40 years.
Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography documented the big rise when they trawled the waters off California.
They were able to compare their plastic "catch" with previous data for the region.
The group reports its findings in the journal Biology Letters.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17991993
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