Pervasive Plastic
Researchers have found that most whales, turtles and fish may be swimming the world’s oceans with plastic in their bodies.
Writing in the journal Global Change Biology, Marga Rivas at Spain’s University of Almería and her team analyzed data from 112 published studies from the past decade. They conclude that 66% of all sea turtles had macroplastics and microplastics in their systems, while 55% were contaminated with a class called microfibers.
The highest rates of plastic contamination were in the Mediterranean and northeastern Indian Ocean.
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