FOX News: Deep-sea rubbish found littering ocean floor

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Deep-sea rubbish found littering ocean floor Jun 12th 2013, 14:31 Published June 12, 2013 news.com.au A Coke bottle from Asia found at Davidson Seamount, over a mile below the surface of the oceanNOAA / MBARI Deep-sea roving robots have captured images of rubbish resting up to 2.5 miles underwater in a "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California have been using remotely operated vehicles to capture the huge record of deep-sea rubbish. The videos have been taken over the past 22 years, and pictures from them have just been released in a paper. "We were inspired by a fisheries study off southern California that looked at sea floor trash down to 365m," Lead author Kyra Schlining said. "We were able to continue this search in deeper water - down to 4000m. Our study also covered a longer time period, and included more observations of deep-sea debris than any previous study I'm aware of." Read more on the deep-sea debris at News.com.au. Related Stories Photo shows 'UFO' above medieval castle New layer in human eye discovered Grooves on sand dunes reveal 'sledding' on Mars

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