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> The observation is from 1998 which I believe has relevance that would be curiously missing from the article? What you're missing is that it's not an article,

• blamazon 3y ago
  That only makes me more upset! Why stifle the curiosity of kids that want to investigate the original sources of such information?
  • ta1243 3y ago
    It literally says it comes from the Deep-Sea Debris Database, it doesn't spoonfeed it by listing the specific reference, but a search for "mariana trench" and I can see a large variety of debris, including Plastic bag/sheet (Several), Unidentified debris Can Beverage can Other plastic product (Several) etc
• vorticalbox 3y ago
  I feel educational writing would be a better resource by listing their sources.