Litter found in deep sea survey of one of Earth’s final unexplored realms

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Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

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“…Our journey has brought us face-to-face with new species of deep-sea creatures, from colonies of teeming glorious life in the abyss… While we have been among the first to see this particular part of our planet, we have found that human rubbish has arrived here before us. The list of litter we have seen so far during dives includes two soft drink cans, one beer bottle, and a rusty food tin. And ours is just one expedition, glimpsing only one tiny nook of the vast ocean depths…”

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Plastic Pollution, Coastal Care

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