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Researchers from University College Cork have found plastic on the seafloor at depths of more than 2km where even light has never penetrated.

University College Cork scientists have discovered plastic at the bottom of a deep submarine canyon at 2125m water depth while investigating cold-water coral habitats.

THEY are creatures from the abyss described as the closest things to extra-terrestrial life which can be found on this planet.