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Plastic in the ocean: How much is out there?
Author(s) -
McAdam Ronan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2017.01072.x
Subject(s) - scale (ratio) , environmental science , oceanography , food chain , computer science , geology , ecology , biology , geography , cartography
Plastic waste is found in ocean waters, on beaches and in the marine food chain. Counting it all would be impossible, but the approximate scale of the problem can be estimated. Ronan McAdam highlights the many roles of statistics in describing and tackling this global issue