Depressing find at the bottom of the Mariana Trench is a warning to the world

the Deep-Sea Debris Database revealed that nearly 89 percent of the plastic found in the Mariana Trench is single-use, underscoring the immense scale of disposable plastic waste. Despite its remoteness, the trench has not escaped humanity’s impact.

Roughly 20 percent of oceanic plastic pollution comes directly from ships, while the remaining 80 percent continue reading …