Lost fishing gear can continue trapping animals long after it disappears beneath the water. A nationwide…
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A rotating ‘garbage island’ spreads over 1.6 million sq km in the Pacific: Plastic averages 50 kilograms per square kilometre, and 75 to 86% of the debris comes from fishing gear
A floating and rotating ‘garbage island’ of an estimated area of 1.6 million square kilometres lies…