Animals in the deepest parts of the ocean are consuming microplastics, researchers from the Sky Ocean Rescue project at the University of Newcastle have found. The research took place across the world at locations including the Mariana Trench, the Japan Trench, the Atacama Trench, the New Hebrides Trench and Open Science. The research found that almost three-quarters of all crustaceans had plastic in their stomachs, while plastic was found in 100% of crustaceans at a depth of 11,000 metres in the Mariana Trench.
Animals in the deepest parts of the ocean are consuming microplastics, researchers from the Sky Ocean Rescue project at the University of Newcastle have found. The research took place across the world at locations including the Mariana Trench, the Japan Trench, the Atacama Trench, the New Hebrides Trench and the Kermadec Trench. The research found that almost three-quarters of all crustaceans had plastic in their stomachs, while plastic was found in 100% of crustaceans at a depth of 11,000 metres in the Mariana Trench.