Bay of Bengal Filling With Plastic Trash
Littoral nations asked to join for cleanup
The subtropical gyre in the Bay of Bengal, the 2.1-million sq-km body of water bounded by India, Bangladesh and Myanmar and featuring some of the world’s most beautiful beaches, is filling with thousands of tonnes of plastic and other pollutants, according to a study by the US-based National Bureau of Asian Research. The enormous bay faces other problem…
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