Marine litter has already reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea (IMAGE)

University of Barcelona

Marine litter has already reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea

Caption

The bottom of the Calypso Deep, a 5,112-metre deep depression in the Ionian Sea, contains one of the highest concentrations of marine debris in the deep ocean: it is yet another testimony to the increasingly worrying human footprint that has turned seas and oceans into a vast waste dump.

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Caladan Oceanic

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