A Plastic Bag at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench Is a Warning We Can’t Ignore

The Mariana Trench is one of the most remote and extreme places on Earth. Nearly 11 kilometers beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, it exists in complete darkness and under enormous pressure.

For a long time, its incredible isolation made it seem almost beyond the reach of human activity.

But there is one thing that has managed to reach even this extraordinary environment: plastic pollution.

The discovery of plastic debris in the Mariana