{"id":5131,"date":"2012-04-26T16:20:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T16:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:47:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:47:25","slug":"ocean-plastic-debris-estimates-are-likely-far-off-research-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/ocean-plastic-debris-estimates-are-likely-far-off-research-shows.htm","title":{"rendered":"Ocean plastic debris estimates are likely far off, research shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Estimates of the amount of plastic in the oceans are probably far off, as recent studies by a University of Washington researcher show much of the plastic is beneath the surface, where many don\u2019t look. <!--more-->Giora Proskurowski and his team found that wind pushes plastic below the surface and plastic volume estimates could be 27 times higher than what they show. 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