1.0News Versionhttps://thenewsversion.comThe News Versionhttps://thenewsversion.com/author/newsversion/New Ideas About Where Oceanic Plastic Trash Goes - News Versionrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="S8dHuCci0d"><a href="https://thenewsversion.com/2019/09/new-ideas-oceanic-plastic-trash-goes/">New Ideas About Where Oceanic Plastic Trash Goes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://thenewsversion.com/2019/09/new-ideas-oceanic-plastic-trash-goes/embed/#?secret=S8dHuCci0d" width="600" height="338" title="“New Ideas About Where Oceanic Plastic Trash Goes” — News Version" data-secret="S8dHuCci0d" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://thenewsversion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Oceanic-Plastic-Trash.jpg277182Humans have been dumping plastic into the oceans since the 1940s, and the amount of refuse is still accelerating. Oddly, scientists have been somewhat clueless about where all that plastic ends up. One well-known phenomenon is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but these types of oddities only account for a small fraction of ocean plastic […]