The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...

Groundbreaking study finds huge amount of litter at deepest point in Mediterranean Sea - Plastic accounts for nearly 90 per cent of debris in Calypso Deep ...

Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-meter-deep Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea. A total of 167 objects—mainly plastics, glass, metal ...

Pollution by marine litter of anthropogenic origin—that comes from human activity—is currently one of the biggest ...

The Calypso Deep is located 60 kilometers west of the Peloponnese coast in Greece in a region of high seismic activity due to ...

Record levels of pollution from microplastics threaten marine species, fisheries activities and human health. A new report from the WWF finds record levels of pollution from microplastics in the ...

The article’s main authors are Miquel Canals, from the University of Barcelona’s Faculty of Earth Sciences; Georg Hanke, from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC); François Galgani, ...

Debris produced by human activity has now been spotted at a depth of 5,112 meters (3.2 miles) in the Mediterranean Sea.

SkyTruth has revealed spills in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean and helped expose pollution from shadowy Russian ships.

Their study revealed that the deep sea was a “final sink” for pollution, the researchers said, highlighting the need to pay more attention to preserve marine ecosystems. “The Mediterranean ...