Research on the sediment layers of seagrass beds to see the accumulation of microplastics over time. (IMAGE)

Stockholm University

Research on the sediment layers of seagrass beds to see the accumulation of microplastics over time.

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High concentrations of microplastics have accumulated in the seagrass bed outside Spanish Almería on the Mediterranean, where the greenhouse plantations are called "the sea of plastic". The researchers have studied the sediment layers of seagrass beds to see the accumulation of microplastics over time.

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Photo: Miguel Ángel Mateo, Diego Moreno

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