The deep sea is littered with all the junk we carelessly toss away, from plastic bags to old washing machines to incredibly creepy figurines. Not even the greatest depths of the ocean are spared from our impressively depressing garbage footprint.
A Japanese research agency has started cataloguing all the plastic, metal, rubber, and cloth it comes across during deep-sea missions. The result is an extensive database of nearly 1,800 videos and photos of underwater trash.
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology opened the database this week, revealing a trove of hidden "treasures" captured by its research submarines since 1982, The Japan Times reported. Read more...
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