A study in Environmental Research Letters highlights the rapid growth of centimeter-sized plastic debris in the North Pacific Garbage Patch (NPGP), escalating threats to marine ecosystems and the global carbon cycle. BulletsIn Centimeter-sized plastic fragments in NPGP increased from 2.9kg/km² (2015) to 14.2kg/km² (2022). Small debris hotspots grew from 1 million/km² in 2015 to over
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A study in Environmental Research Letters highlights the rapid growth of centimeter-sized plastic debris in the North Pacific Garbage Patch (NPGP), escalating threats to marine ecosystems and the global carbon cycle. BulletsIn Centimeter-sized plastic fragments in NPGP increased from 2.9kg/km² (2015) to 14.2kg/km² (2022). Small debris hotspots grew from 1 million/km² in 2015 to over
