# @cnnclimate on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpia9G2JJ2f
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/4726083-cnnclimate-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/0819ce955b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-03-08T18:22:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CNN Climate (@cnnclimate) — https://gondola.cc/cnnclimate

## Caption

The world's oceans are polluted by a "plastic smog" made up of an estimated 171 trillion plastic particles that if gathered would weigh around 2.3 million tons, according to a new study.

A team of international scientists analyzed global data collected between 1979 and 2019 from nearly 12,000 sampling points in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans and the Mediterranean Sea.

They found a "rapid and unprecedented" increase in ocean plastic pollution since 2005, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE.

Read more at the link in bio. 

📷: The Ocean Cleanup

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| CNN | @CNN | https://gondola.cc/CNN | Television News Network |
| Sofia Barrett | @sofia_barrett | https://gondola.cc/sofia_barrett | Producer |

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