Mikroplastics 8250 Meters Under the Sea - Sonnenseite - Ökologische Kommunikation mit Franz Alt
Deep-sea trench in the Pacific Ocean turns into a “plastic trap” Together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Senckenberg scientists Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt examined sediment samples from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench for the presence of microplastics. In their study, which was recently published in the scientific journal “Environmental Pollution,” the researchers show that one kilogram of sediment contains between 14 and 209 microplastic particles. Overall, the team was able to document 15 different types of plastics i...
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