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Collected plastic samples compared in size to a penny.

Collected plastic samples compared in size to a penny.
Collected plastic samples compared in size to a penny.
Collected plastic samples compared in size to a penny.
Collected plastic samples compared in size to a penny.
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Kleindinst, Thomas N.
Collected plastic samples compared in size to a penny.
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05/28/2009
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The plastic samples came from Sea Education Association cruises.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 48, No. 2, pg. 19:
Broken down into bits
The vast majority of plastics collected in the Atlantic Ocean were not large bottles, but particles measured in millimeters. The plastics were broken down by waves and chemical reactions driven by sunlightand perhaps by something else (see page 22).
Photo by Tom Kleindinst
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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