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Guest Post by Dr. Greg Stone, Senior Vice President for Marine Conservation and Chief Ocean Scientist, Conservation International

Twenty years ago when I had the opportunity to dive to 18,000 feet in the Japanese research submersible, Shinkai 6500 in the Sea of Japan I fantasized about the amazing animals our team might see deep on the ocean floor: rat-tails, deep sea sharks, and octopi. But when we reached the sea bottom, it was littered with trash that included food bags, soda cans, empty boxes, and even a broken toy doll. I shudder to imagi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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