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SUBMITTER: Cozar A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4104848 | biostudies-other | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140630 28
There is a rising concern regarding the accumulation of floating plastic debris in the open ocean. However, the magnitude and the fate of this pollution are still open questions. Using data from the Malaspina 2010 circumnavigation, regional surveys, and previously published reports, we show a worldwide distribution of plastic on the surface of the open ocean, mostly accumulating in the convergence zones of each of the five subtropical gyres with comparable density. However, the global load of pl ...[more]