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|Factoid Headline=The Ocean Contains an Estimated 5 Trillion Pieces of Plastic | |Factoid Headline=The Ocean Contains an Estimated 5 Trillion Pieces of Plastic | ||
| − | |Factoid Text="A [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0111913 major new study] of the world's oceans has reached a shocking conclusion: Thanks to humans, there are now over 5 trillion pieces of plastic, weighing more than 250,000 tons, floating in water around the world." - excerpt from [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/10/good-job-humans-the-ocean-now-contains-5-trillion-pieces-of-floating-plastic/ article in The Washington Post]. | + | |Factoid Text="A [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0111913 major new study] of the world's oceans has reached a shocking conclusion: Thanks to humans, there are now over 5 trillion pieces of plastic, weighing more than 250,000 tons, floating in water around the world." - excerpt from [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/10/good-job-humans-the-ocean-now-contains-5-trillion-pieces-of-floating-plastic/ article in The Washington Post].[http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/the-oceans-are-full-of-plastic-what-now Rise Above Plastics]. |
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Latest revision as of 08:19, 16 December 2014
The Ocean Contains an Estimated 5 Trillion Pieces of Plastic
- "A major new study of the world's oceans has reached a shocking conclusion: Thanks to humans, there are now over 5 trillion pieces of plastic, weighing more than 250,000 tons, floating in water around the world." - excerpt from article in The Washington Post.Rise Above Plastics.
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