Oceans The Mystery of the Missing Plastic (movie)
- User score: 7.5
- Production country: France
- Producer: Vincent Perazio
- Production companies: Via Découvertes, CNRS Images, Tara Expéditions
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 1/1/2016
- Run time: 52 min.
Movie description
As most plastic never deteriorates, it simply breaks down into smaller and smaller particles that are invisible to the human eye, what happens to this missing ocean plastic is a mystery. In this investigation, scientists embark in search of the micro-plastics. Small, mostly invisible, toxic, they are home to the new ecosystem: the plastisphere. But where are they? Ingested by organisms? Buried under the ocean floor? Degraded by bacteria? And what is the impact of them entering the food chain?
