Surface plastic particles across the world's oceans, 2013

The amount of plastic waste, from tiny microplastics to larger macroplastics, floating on the surface of the world's oceans, measured by mass, excluding plasticsfound at depth or on the seafloor in each area of ocean.

5.25 trillion1.98 trillion1.3 trillion931 billion490 billion297.5 billion247.4 billionGlobal ocean (total)North PacificIndian OceanNorth AtlanticSouth PacificSouth AtlanticMediterranean Sea
Surface plastic particles across the world's oceans

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