ROVs Discover Deep Sea Trash 82
An anonymous reader writes "Deep beneath the ocean's waves, strange creatures such as rockfish and gorgonian coral thrive in the icy depths. Yet there's something else you'll find if you go searching beneath the sea: trash, and lots of it. Researchers have discovered that our trash is accumulating in the deep sea, particularly in Monterey Canyon off of the coast of California. Scientists knew that trash was affecting shallower depths--about 1,000 feet beneath the water. Yet they were unsure whether the effects extended to the truly deep parts of the ocean that reached up to 13,000 feet. They decided that there was only one way to find out: look for themselves."
it'll be there for a while, too (Score:5, Informative)
The great thing about deep-sea trash is that it decomposes extremely slowly [acs.org] compared to stuff at shallower temperatures, so it'll be around for a while...