Like colorful corals, they rocked gently in the ocean current. Only these were not beautiful natural reefs grown over centuries. They were plastic bags, stuck to the Aegean Sea floor since a waste site slid into the water eight years ago. A team of divers and environmentalists pulled thousands of plastic bags from the water near Greece’s Andros island this month. The workers described what they found as a “gulf full of plastic corals.” Seas polluted with plastic have become one of the most shocking signs of human damage to the planet.
Title: In Greece's Aegean Sea, Divers Find 'Gulf of Plastic Corals'
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/2.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='In Greece's Aegean Sea, Divers Find 'Gulf of Plastic Corals'' data-article-id='4022'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7250'>Like colorful corals, they rocked gently in the ocean current.</span> <span data-start-time='7250' data-end-time='14667'>Only these were not beautiful natural reefs grown over centuries.</span> <span data-start-time='14667' data-end-time='26208'>They were plastic bags, stuck to the Aegean Sea floor since a waste site slid into the water eight years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='26208' data-end-time='39938'>A team of divers and environmentalists pulled thousands of plastic bags from the water near Greece’s Andros island this month.</span> <span data-start-time='39938' data-end-time='47813'>The workers described what they found as a “gulf full of plastic corals.”</span> <span data-start-time='47813' data-end-time='58521'>Seas polluted with plastic have become one of the most shocking signs of human damage to the planet.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/plastic.wav'><span>plastic</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=13408 data-hint-location='14667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/what_was_stuck_to_the_sea_floor.wav'>What was stuck to the sea floor?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='plastic bags'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/plastic_bags.wav'><span>plastic bags</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/natural_reefs.wav'><span>natural reefs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/beds_of_coral.wav'><span>beds of coral</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/ocean_currents.wav'><span>ocean currents</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13409 data-hint-location='26208' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/the_team_pulled_thousands_of__blank_.wav'>The team pulled thousands of <span class='blank'>plastic bags</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='plastic bags'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/coral_reefs.wav'><span>coral reefs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/rubber_fish.wav'><span>rubber fish</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3543/plastic_bags.wav'><span>plastic bags</span></div><div class='choice' 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