The researchers expected microplastic levels to be related to population density or land development, but they found no such link. Surprisingly, microplastic accumulation increased until 2010 and then decreased slightly by 2020, probably due to recycling efforts, but more research is needed to confirm this information.
Oceanographer Raymond Najjar, co-author of the study, suggests that these findings could help solve the “missing plastic paradox”, which is that there is much less plastic in the oceans than expected.
Source: Ferra
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