By MASAHIRO YONEYAMA/ Staff Writer
July 18, 2020 at 07:00 JST
The Shinkai 6500 manned research submersible is unloaded from aboard the Yokosuka support vessel during an expedition off the Boso Peninsula. (Provided by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)
A 36-year-old plastic hamburger bag was found on the seabed more than 5,000 meters deep off the Boso Peninsula, underscoring the durability of the waste that is plaguing the world’s oceans. [Read More]
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