When people think of plastic pollution, they only think about straws, cups, containers, etc., that stay at the very top of the ocean. But during recent studies, it has been revealed that plastic pollution has ended up in the deepest parts of the ocean. In an article named Ocean floor a ‘reservoir’ for plastic pollution, a world-first study finds that an estimated 11 million tonnes of plastic live at the ocean floor. And that in 2040, the amount of plastic that enters the ocean will double, leading to the amount of plastic at the ocean floor to also increase. A PhD candidate at the University of Toronto has stated that they estimate that the amount of plastic that ends up in the ocean floor will be 100 times more than the plastic that remains floating at the top of the ocean. In another article. Plastic Bag Found At The Bottom Of The World’s Deepest Ocean Trench. A scientist found that plastic, such as a grocery bag, is now in the deepest trench, the Mariana Trench, located in the Pacific Ocean. Scientists discovered the existence of this plastic bag in the Mariana Trench through the Deep-Sea Debris Database. Of the debris that was logged into the database, plastic made up the largest amount. Over the past 30 years, photos and videos have been logged from over 5,010 dives. From these photos, 17 percent of them showed some type of interaction that they have had with marine life; one example was an animal being entangled with plastic.
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