Tiny plastic debris is accumulating far beneath the ocean surface

Floating trash patches scratch only the surface of the microplastic pollution problem

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MARINE MICROPLASTICS  Tiny fragments of trash called microplastics (pictured) are common from the ocean surface to near the seafloor, a study suggests.

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Vast swathes of litter floating on the ocean, like the great Pacific garbage patch, may just be the tip of the trash heap.