Spanish researchers detected plastic around thousand tons floating on the sea surface. The main ones are plastic bottles, bags and packaging parts.
[[T]]Spanish researchers say that the Mediterranean is particularly dangerous due to its biological wealth and economic importance. [
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Plastic accumulates in a similar scale to ocean deverans in the Mediterranean. Arktik Ocean, Bengal Bay, South China Sea and other seas including Barents Sea have also made a high amount of plastic.
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Akdeniz represents less than 1% of the global ocean area but it is important in economic and ecologically.
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The sea accommodates 4 to 18% of all types of sea. It also provides tourism and fishing income for countries on the coast.
