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Remote Island Chain Has Few People — But Hundreds Of Millions Of Pieces Of Plastic

Debris blankets the north side of one of the Cocos Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean. Researchers found a huge amount of plastic both onshore and buried in the sand. (Courtesy of Silke Stuckenbrock)
Debris blankets the north side of one of the Cocos Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean. Researchers found a huge amount of plastic both onshore and buried in the sand. (Courtesy of Silke Stuckenbrock)

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