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Plastic rafting: the invasive species hitching a ride on ocean litter
Russell Thomas, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Nearly 300 different non-native species caught a lift across the ocean in what can be thought of as a “mass rafting” event. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in 2017 counted 289 Japanese marine species that were carried to distant shores after the tsunami, including sea snails, sea anemones and isopods, a type of crustacean.
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