14 DAY TRIAL // The sight of trash on beaches or floating about on the surface of seas and oceans is something most people are all too familiar with.
Sadly, it appears that seafloors are not garbage-free either. On the contrary, loads of plastic bags, objects made from metal, rope, fishing equipment and cloth items are presently resting at the bottom of our oceans.
The only problem is that, since people never come across them, they more often than not remain oblivious to the fact that they are there.
The video above details how, after watching approximately 18,000 hours of deep sea footage, researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute found that seafloors worldwide are home to impressive amounts of debris.
Unlike trash found on land, the one resting at the bottom of the ocean will most likely take longer to decay, seeing how it is exposed to little oxygen and few bacteria.