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Microplastics in the surface ocean
Microplastics are buoyant plastic materials smaller than 0.5 centimeters in diameter. Future global accumulation in the surface ocean is shown under three plastic emissions scenarios: (1) emissions to the oceans stop in 2020; (2) stagnate at 2020 rates; or (3) continue to grow until 2050 in line with historical plastic production rates.
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Lebreton et al. (2019)
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