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Litter Levels in the Depths of the Arctic are On the Rise
Description: The Arctic has a serious litter problem: in just ten years, the concentration of marine litter at a deep-sea station in the Arctic Ocean has risen 20-fold. This was recently reported in a new research study. Sea ice could be responsible for transporting plastic litter. [Source: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research]
URL: https://www.awi.de/nc/en/about-us/service/press/press-release/muellmenge-in-der-arktischen-tiefsee-steigt-stark-an.html
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Source: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Publish Date: 2/8/2017
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