{"id":82010,"date":"2019-02-27T01:01:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T00:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/02\/27\/worlds-deepest-waters-becoming-ultimate-sink-for-plastic-waste\/"},"modified":"2019-02-27T01:01:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T00:01:32","slug":"worlds-deepest-waters-becoming-ultimate-sink-for-plastic-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=82010","title":{"rendered":"World&#039;s deepest waters becoming &#039;ultimate sink&#039; for plastic waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists say it is likely no marine ecosystems are left that are not affected by pollutionThe world\u2019s deepest ocean trenches are becoming \u201cthe ultimate sink\u201d for plastic waste, according to a study that reveals contamination of animals even in these dark, remote regions of the planet.For the first time, scientists found microplastic ingestion by organisms in the Mariana trench and five other areas with a depth of more than 6,000 metres, prompting them to conclude \u201cit is highly likely there are no marine ecosystems left that are not impacted by plastic pollution\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/feb\/27\/worlds-deepest-waters-ultimate-sink-plastic-waste\" target=\"_blank\">World&#039;s deepest waters becoming &#039;ultimate sink&#039; for plastic waste<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists say it is likely no marine ecosystems are left that are not affected by pollutionThe world\u2019s deepest ocean trenches are becoming \u201cthe ultimate sink\u201d for plastic waste, according to a study that reveals contamination of animals even in these dark, remote regions of the planet.For the first time, scientists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}