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Research expedition visits plastic pollution hotspot

Posted by: Rachel Reeves, Posted on: 2 September 2019 - Categories: Field Research, Monitoring, Pollution, Science
rubbish on a beach

More than 2 years after Henderson Island was found to have the 'world's highest’ recorded density of plastic rubbish scientists returned for another research expedition last June

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