A research project has engaged more than a thousand volunteers in a large-scale survey of plastic bottles on beaches along the Central and South American Pacific coast, as first reported by Mongabay. The researchers behind the study advocate the introduction of a deposit system.
They are extraordinary biodiversity hotspots. They absorb large amounts of CO2 and release oxygen. They fix nitrogen and detoxify the water. They are nurseries for fish and hundreds of marine organisms. But they are disappearing globally and one-third of the Earth’s coastline is affected.
