University of Hawaii: Ocean Plastic Is Creating New Communities of Life on the High Seas
January 07, 2022
January 07, 2022
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Jan. 7 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean--by colonizing plastic pollution. A commentary published in Nature Communications reported coastal species growing on trash hundreds of miles out to sea in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, more commonly known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
The authors, including two oceanographer . . .
Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean--by colonizing plastic pollution. A commentary published in Nature Communications reported coastal species growing on trash hundreds of miles out to sea in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, more commonly known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
The authors, including two oceanographer . . .