Plastic Debris Reaches Southern Ocean, Previously Thought To Be Pristine

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Plastic debris littering Tasmania’s coast. Photo courtesy of : © Johnny Abegg, The South West Marine Debris Cleanup, 2012

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The first traces of plastic debris have been found in what was thought to be the pristine environment of the Southern Ocean, according to a study released in London by the French scientific research vessel Tara.

The finding comes following a two-and-a-half-year, 70,000-mile voyage by the schooner across the Atlantic, Pacific, Antarctic and Indian Oceans, to investigate marine ecosystems and biodiversity under climate change…

The fact that we found these plastics is a sign that the reach of human beings is truly planetary in scale.”

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