The ocean is teeming with microplastic – a million times more than we thought, suggests new research

Dec 13, 2019

A woman walks past plastic items and other debris on Vridi beach in Abidjan, Ivory Coast November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon - RC1B90C6CAB0

There might be 8.3 million pieces of microplastics per cubic metre of water in our oceans. Image: REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

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