Researchers have found unsettling evidence of plastic dumps in the ocean beyond 40-metre depth off the Kerala coast that are posing a grave threat to marine life forms.
An expedition to document underwater biodiversity led by the European Union-supported Project Ecomarine in the Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, found reefs beyond 40 metres depth dumped with plastics. Underwater sites were littered with plastic bottles, bags, fishing nets, and fragments of single-use plastics, according to the findings published on Wednesday.
