Many of the creatures are coastal species, living miles from their usual habitats, on a patch halfway ... Much of that is micro-plastic - very difficult to see with the naked eye.
The results showed the mixed plastic can spontaneously repair itself at normal temperatures ... Scars inside the plastic invisible to the naked eye can also be cured, the team said.
there's a very good chance the British explorer would've watched the sea give way for puzzling patches of bleached floating masses, as far as the eye could see. Cook would've been confused by this ...