Sediment core from New Bedford salt marsh with plastic debris (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

Sediment core from New Bedford salt marsh with plastic debris

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A sediment core from a salt marsh in New Bedford, Mass., containing plastic debris.

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Miriam Ritchie

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