Study Gauges Plastic Levels in Oceans

It is no secret that the world’s oceans are swimming with plastic debris — the first floating masses of trash were discovered in the 1990s. But researchers are starting to get a better sense of the size and scope of the problem.  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/science/new-research-quantifies-the-oceans-plastic-problem.html?ref=science&_r=0
Article courtesy of the New York Times by John Schwartz