Plastic bag found in deepest part of the ocean

The big picture: In the past decade, plastic has begun to be detected in some of the most remote spots of the ocean, among marine creatures — and even in the air.

• Last year, a study of old footage identified a plastic bag lying 35,756 feet into the Mariana Trench, per HuffPost.
• Sailors found a considerable amount of microplastics in water samples at Point Nemo, the most remote spot in the world's oceans.
• Microplastics can take thousands of years to degrade and can cause health problems for marine life if ingested.

Go deeper: Plastics are "potentially everywhere"