The ocean’s ultimate trashcan: Hadal trenches as major depositories for plastic pollution

2019/09/24 by Guyu Peng, Richard Bellerby, R. Bellerby +3 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Abyssal zone #Biology #Debris #Deep sea #Environmental science #Fishery #Geography #Geology #Microplastics #Microplastics and Plastic Pollution #Ocean gyre #Oceanography #Plastic pollution #Recycling and Waste Management Techniques #Sediment #Sink (geography)

paper · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2019.115121

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• Oceanic trench [wikipedia]