Researchers make disturbing discovery lingering deep within Earth's oceans: 'Relatively under-investigated'

Researchers make disturbing discovery lingering deep within Earth's oceans: 'Relatively under-investigated'

Plastic pollution, and microplastics in particular, are a major concern affecting the ocean, and a new study identified a potentially underestimated source of this form of marine contamination. What's happening? While microplastics have likely been present in the environment and accumulating for decades, they weren't formally identified until 2004. After a British marine biologist coined the term, research into the prevalence and risks associate…