"plastisphere" meaning in English

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          "text": "(The Plastisphere is one of the many industrial-natural ecosystems that characterize the Anthropocene.) Cleaning ocean plastics, even if it were technologically possible on a scale that would make a difference, would disrupt and destroy the life we would be trying to save in the first place.",
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          "text": "Freshwater and marine habitats share a number of features, but there are also differences between them that may affect the development and activities of plastisphere consortia.",
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