The amount of microplastic in the world's oceans is a million times greater than previously thought, according to alarming new research. The discrepancy between these new findings and previous studies is related to the type of microplastics and how scientists have measured them in the water. Biological oceanographer Jennifer Brandon estimated that, on average, the ocean is contaminated by 8.3 million pieces of "mini-microplastic" per cubic meter of water. FROTHY, TOXIC FOAM COVERS FAMOUS BEACHHowever, previous studies looking at larger pieces of plastic found only 10 per cubic meter. “For years we’ve been doing microplastics studies the same way, [by] using a net to collect samples.

Source: Fox News December 04, 2019 22:52 UTC