Scientists who surveyed the sparsely populated Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, estimate it is dotted with 414 million pieces of plastic weighing up to 262 tons.

科学家们调查了人口稀少的科科斯(基林)群岛，这是澳大利亚在印度洋的领土，他们估计该岛上散布着4.14亿片重达262吨的塑料碎片。