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“Message in a Bottle” Tags Show How Far and Fast Plastic Pollution can Move – AZoCleantech
As shown by electronic tags released in the Ganges river, plastic pollution can travel thousands of kilometers in a matter of months.
Written by AZoCleantechDec 3 2020
As shown by electronic tags released in the Ganges river, plastic pollution can travel thousands of kilometers in a matter of months.
Emily Duncan releases a bottle. Image Credit: Sara Hylton NGS.
GPS and satellite tags were added to plastic bottles and they were released in the Ganges and the Bay of Bengal. The utmost distance tracked was 2,845 km (1,768 miles) in 94 days.
Performed by scientists from the University of Exeter and the Zoological Society of London…
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