Researchers have traced the journey of a plastic bottle cap recovered near the waters of southern Japan by combining data from the label, chemical clues in tiny shells and ocean current simulations. They found 307 organisms, including a polychaete worm not found in Japanese waters before. The f...
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-07-voyage-plastic-bottle-cap-hitchhiking.html)