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Plastic Pollution Threatening Seabirds

2014-05-13 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: Ocean-side plastic pollution, specifically plastic ingestion, is threatening seabirds according to a study published on Marine Pollution Bulletin. Plastic ingestions affects around 94 percent of Cory's shearwaters, a type of seabird, on the Catalan coast. In the case of Yelkouan shearwaters and Balearic shearwaters, the report states that 70 percent of studied birds were affected by plastic ingestion. Plastic pollution is a known threat to marine ecosystems around the world, yet lead researcher...

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