marinelitter: Litter on the deep seafloor. A) Plastic bags and bottles dumped 20 km off the French
marinelitter: Litter on the deep seafloor. A) Plastic bags and bottles dumped 20 km off the French Mediterranean coast at 1,000 m in close vicinity to burrow holes. B) Food package entrapped at 1,058 m in deep-water coral colony. C) Rope at 1,041 m depth, both from Darwin Mounds. D) Waste disposal bin or a vaccum cleaner with prawns on the seafloor off Mauritania at 1,312 m depth. E) Plastic carrier bag found at ~2,500 m depth at the HAUSGARTEN observatory (Arctic) colonised by hormathiid anemones and surrounded by dead tests of irregular sea urchins. credits in order: F. Galgani, IFREMER, b and c: V. Huvenne; D. Jones and M. Bergmann -- source link