Schematic diagram of microplastic bioaccumulation patterns and determining factors in hydrothermal vents. Provided by Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology It has been found that plastic discarded by humans has accumulated in the bodies of deep-sea creatures over 2,000 meters deep. This means that plastic pollution has spread to the deep sea, which is untouched by humans. On the 9th, a joint research team from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KIOST) and the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) conducted deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the southwest Pacific and Indian Oceans...