In 2017, Lavers in a separate study showed that the beaches of Henderson Island in the South Pacific had the world's highest density of plastic garbage, at an estimated 38 million pieces.
"The scale of the problem means cleaning up our oceans is currently not possible, and cleaning beaches once they are polluted with plastic is time consuming, costly, and needs to be regularly repeated as thousands of new pieces of plastic wash up each day.
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costly | ['kɔstli] |
想一想再看 adj. 昂貴的,代價高的 |
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impact | ['impækt,im'pækt] |
想一想再看 n. 沖擊(力), 沖突,影響(力) |
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separate | ['sepəreit] |
想一想再看 n. 分開,抽印本 |
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viable | ['vaiəbl] |
想一想再看 adj. 能居住的的,能生存的,可行的 |
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potential | [pə'tenʃəl] |
想一想再看 adj. 可能的,潛在的 |
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remote | [ri'məut] |
想一想再看 adj. 偏僻的,遙遠的,遠程的,(感情等)距離很大 |
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scale | [skeil] |
想一想再看 n. 鱗,刻度,衡量,數(shù)值范圍 |
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plastic | ['plæstik, plɑ:stik] |
想一想再看 adj. 塑料的,可塑的,造型的,整形的,易受影響的 |
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pacific | [pə'sifik] |
想一想再看 n. 太平洋 |
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environment | [in'vaiərənmənt] |
想一想再看 n. 環(huán)境,外界 |