“Deep Sea Pollution: Plastic Discovered in the Mariana Trench Raises Environmental Alarms”
For many years, the Mariana Trench — the deepest and most remote part of the world’s oceans — was considered a place untouched by human influence. Scientists and explorers imagined a pristine, isolated ecosystem far removed from daily human life. That perception changed dramatically when a single plastic bag was discovered on the Trench’s seafloor….