Plastic found at world's remotest spot, 2700 km from land
Tiny plastics have been detected at Point Nemo, which is nearly 2,700 km from the nearest inhabited land. About 26 microplastics per cubic metre were found in seawater samples collected near Point Nemo by ships in the Volvo Open Race. The oceanic spot is so remote that the closest humans are often space station astronauts orbiting 400 km above Earth.