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Queen Mary University of London: Plastic Pollution Could Linger at Ocean Surfaces for Over a Century, Research Finds
October 24, 2025
LONDON, England, Oct. 24 (TNSjou) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news:

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Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century, new research finds

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column and they predict it could take over 100 years to remove plastic waste fr . . .

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