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The volume of the Earth's oceans[1] is ~1.3B cubic km (or ~320M cubic miles). So I'd say what's more amazing/appalling is that we have managed to dump so much p

The volume of the Earth's oceans[1] is ~1.3B cubic km (or ~320M cubic miles). So I'd say what's more amazing/appalling is that we have managed to dump so much plastic into them that it is easily noticeable... 1: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oceanwater.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oceanwater.html

GW150914 8y ago
The volume is incredible, but I suspect that ignoring most of the depth is useful for microplastic, which is buoyant. You’ll still have to consider some depth, vertical mixing will be a factor, but it will still be a fraction of the total volume.