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Chart of Marine Debris Decomposition

Marine Debris Decomposition

Sources

U.S. National Park Service; Mote Marine Lab, L; NOAA Marine Debris Program; cited at: ourworldindata.org/grapher/decomposition-rates-marine-debris

Tags: ocean pollution, plastic pollution, waste and debris, marine decomposition, plastics in the ocean, marine debris decomposition, plastics

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