This makes me sad. New species discovered and it is already spoiled by humans. I made a protest artwork. Pencil drawing in a digital edited sea wit plastic cups. Research has uncovered the presence of plastic in a new species of deep-sea amphipods which has been discovered in one of the deepest places on earth. The amphipod - known in informal speech as a “hopper” - was discovered by researchers from Newcastle University in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench between Japan and the Philippines.