Environment: Ocean plastics may be much less than previously estimated

The extent of the plastic soup in the oceans may be much smaller than assumed for the past two decades. Estimates ranged from 50 million tons to 300 million tons of plastic waste floating in the oceans. But according to researchers at Utrecht University, the actual amount is closer to 3.2 million tons, Trouw reports.

Less plastic in oceans than assumed: Dutch researchers | NL Times

This would be good news but good news won’t sell eyeballs to advertisers so won’t get much coverage.

So much for Settled Science^tm.