Microplastics are filling the deep ocean faster than scientists feared

Microplastics are filling the deep ocean faster than scientists feared

Plastic waste has haunted the world’s oceans for decades. What you may not realize is that the most dangerous pieces are often the ones you never see. Far below the ocean’s glittering surface, trillions of tiny plastic shards are quietly spreading through deep waters, drifting for decades and sinking into places once thought to be untouched. A new study published in Environmental Science & Technology shows how these “small microplastics” move th…