Last month, the BBC reported that an American explorer had successfully broken the record for the deepest ocean dive, far down into the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench. What did they find down there?

But perhaps the most surprising thing you'll discover inside the Mariana Trench is this: Plastic. In 1998, a remotely operated submersible detected a plastic bag at 10,898 meters. And in 2019 ...

This includes plastic bags, a plastic sack ... The deepest part of the ocean is found in the Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands.

Their work is part of the Mariana Trench Environment and Ecology ... the researchers also encountered human litter: plastic bags, soda cans, beer bottles, and even a laundry basket, according ...

The deep sea is littered with all the junk we carelessly toss away, from plastic bags to old washing ... Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. The Mariana Trench -- the deepest part of the ...