{"id":121655,"date":"2019-06-06T20:40:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T20:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/tiny-plastic-debris-is-accumulating-far-beneath-the-ocean-surface\/"},"modified":"2019-06-06T20:40:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T20:40:24","slug":"tiny-plastic-debris-is-accumulating-far-beneath-the-ocean-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/tiny-plastic-debris-is-accumulating-far-beneath-the-ocean-surface\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny plastic debris is accumulating far beneath the ocean surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vast swathes of litter floating on the ocean, like the great Pacific garbage patch, may just be the tip of the trash heap.<\/p>\n<p>Divers have reportedly spotted plastic bags and candy wrappers as deep as the Mariana Trench. Now, a survey of microplastics at various depths off the coast of California suggests that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-019-44117-2\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this debris is most common several hundred meters below the surface<\/a>, scientists report online June 6 in <em>Scientific Reports<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Using remotely operated underwater vehicles, researchers sampled microplastics in Monterey Bay at depths from five to 1,000 meters. The team also measured pollutants in the guts of 24 pelagic red crabs and eight mucus filters from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/blog\/science-ticker\/giant-larvaceans-could-be-ferrying-ocean-plastic-seafloor\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">giant larvaceans<\/a> \u2014 both of which eat organic particles about the same size as microplastics (<em>SN Online: 8\/16\/17<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The concentration of particles 1,000 meters deep was roughly the same as it was five meters deep, averaging about three particles per cubic meter. Plastic in water from 200 to 600 meters deep was more concentrated, with 10 to 15 particles per cubic meter.<\/p>\n<p>Chemical analyses of these particles revealed most to be plastics used in consumer products, such as disposable bottles, packaging and textiles. Plastics used to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/ocean-cleanup-broken-system-other-trash-strategies\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fishing gear<\/a>, the source of many larger hunks of ocean pollution, were far less common (<em>SN Online: 1\/4\/19<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Every giant larvacean mucus filter and pelagic red crab contained microplastics. These particle-feeding creatures may be sprea<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/mirco-plastic-debris-accumulating-far-beneath-ocean-surface\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read More \u2013 Source<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/profiles\/sn\/themes\/science_news\/logo.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/app.newswirenow.co.uk\/www.sciencenews.org\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">science news<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vast swathes of litter floating on the ocean, like the great Pacific garbage patch, may just be the ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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