Plastic debris in the open ocean

Cózar, Andrés; Echevarrı́a, Fidel; Ignacio González-Gordillo, J.; Irigoien, Xabier; Úbeda, Bárbara; Hernández‐León, Santiago; T. Palma, Álvaro; Navarro, Sandra; García‐de‐Lomas, Juan; Ruiz, Andrea; Fernández-de-Puelles, M.L.; M. Duarte, Carlos

doi:10.1073/pnas.1314705111

Public

Plastic debris in the open ocean

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Jun 30, 2014

Authors:

Andrés Cózar

Fidel Echevarrı́a

J. Ignacio González-Gordillo

Abstract

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 worldw...

Subject

Debris

Marine debris

Geology

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!