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This tiny bottle cap traveled 1,500 kilometers. It had 307 hitchhikers aboard.

Scientists cracked the case of a single plastic cap using isotope chemistry and ocean current models, revealing how trash is turning into rafts for invasive species.

This tiny bottle cap traveled 1,500 kilometers. It had 307 hitchhikers aboard.

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