millions of tons of plastic waste find their way into the oceans around the world. currents keep the plastic adrift in the water for a long time and they too are welcome settlements for polyps. in the lab post examines the sample brought in by the divers. she finds what she was expecting. there amongst the algae barnacles and moss animals of the branching jellyfish polyps of the anthem a doozy. chemical and biological institute has been sending a monitoring boat out to sea almost daily since 1962. it is one of the longest