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Invasive Species Hitch Ride on Ocean Plastics

2021-06-14 14:02:00| Waste Age

Following the 2011 tsunami in Japan, more than 289 invasive species found their way to Hawaii, Alaska and California. The organisms, which carry disease and could destroy habitats, hitched a ride on plastics and other litter that drifted across

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