• Over 90% of all seabirds have ingested plastic, sometimes in fatal amounts. (earth911.com)
  • Among seabirds, albatrosses (family Diomedeidae) comprise 22 species, of which 17 are globally threatened according to the IUCN Red List 28 . (nature.com)
  • Waterborne plastic poses a serious threat to fish, seabirds, marine reptiles, and marine mammals, as well as to boats and coasts. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our oceans have become a dumping ground for the world's plastic, and fish, sea turtles, seabirds and other wildlife are paying a terrible price," said Emily Jeffers with the Center for Biological Diversity. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Hundreds of thousands of seabirds ingest plastic every year. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Millions of marine animals including migratory whales, dolphins, marine turtles, seabirds, seals, dugongs, sharks and rays which often cover vast distances across the world's oceans are increasingly being injured or even killed by ingesting or becoming entangled in marine debris. (cms.int)
  • According to the reports, 192 species, comprising 45 per cent of marine mammals including 58 per cent of all seals, 21 per cent of seabirds and all species of sea turtles have been shown to be affected by entanglement. (cms.int)
  • Ingestion has proven to be even more dangerous: 26 per cent of all marine mammals, 38 per cent of seabirds and 86 per cent of all turtle species die after swallowing marine debris. (cms.int)
  • Each year, consuming or becoming entangled in marine plastic debris kills individuals belonging to nearly 700 different bird, reptile, fish, and mammal marine species. (earth911.com)
  • Plastic also threatens turtles through entanglement, both with free-floating debris and as bycatch in active fishing operations. (earth911.com)
  • Anthropogenic marine debris is a threat to marine organisms. (nature.com)
  • Understanding how this debris spatially distributes at sea and may become associated with marine wildlife are key steps to tackle this current issue. (nature.com)
  • A total of 16 floating debris, including styrofoam (n = 4), plastic pieces (n = 3), plastic sheet (n = 1), fishery-related items (rope or netting, n = 4), and unidentified debris (n = 4), were recorded across the 9003 km covered by nine birds. (nature.com)
  • This paper shows the usefulness of studying wide-ranging marine predators through the use of combined biologging tools, and highlights areas with increased risk of debris exposure and behavioral responses to debris items. (nature.com)
  • However, these at-sea surveys are costly and as a consequence, few studies have been able to examine spatiotemporal changes in distribution and abundance of marine debris over a large area (but see Cózar et al. (nature.com)
  • 27 ). Moreover, there is even less information available on the spatial overlap between the distribution of marine debris and that of marine wildlife at risk from this debris. (nature.com)
  • Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a sea or ocean. (wikipedia.org)
  • This increased water pollution has caused serious negative effects such as discarded fishing nets capturing animals, concentration of plastic debris in massive marine garbage patches, and increasing concentrations of contaminants in the food chain. (wikipedia.org)
  • More recent studies have found that more than half of plastic debris found on Korean shores is ocean-based. (wikipedia.org)
  • Eighty percent of marine debris is plastic. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2003, a study was conducted to identify types, amounts, sources, and effects of persistent industrial marine debris in the coastal waters and along the shores of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, and examine any relationship between the amount and types of persistent industrial marine debris, and the types and numbers of industrial operations nearby. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, amassing an area twice the size of Texas, you will find a veritable soup of plastic debris. (lclark.edu)
  • Ranging from large objects to tiny particles of plastic, this collection of marine debris is being drawn together by the massive North Pacific Subtropical Gyre [1] in an area also known as the Pacific trash vortex. (lclark.edu)
  • While the Pacific Ocean has in fact two distinct collections of marine debris, there have been other such areas recently discovered in the South Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic. (lclark.edu)
  • [6] Marine life can get caught in the debris and discarded gear, and the animals themselves can also ingest the plastics, mistaking the smaller debris for food. (lclark.edu)
  • [7] Microplastics, which are plastics less than 5mm in size partly resulting from larger plastic debris degrading into smaller pieces, are especially harmful. (lclark.edu)
  • [8] Of these 800 species, 220 were found to have ingested microplastic debris. (lclark.edu)
  • As the most common form of marine debris, plastics end up in the oceans from a variety of land and ocean-based sources. (lclark.edu)
  • [12] In addition to lost or abandoned fishing gear, plastic debris can enter the water from streams and storm drains as well as being swept away by rain and wind. (lclark.edu)
  • [14] Accounting for around 80% of all marine debris, plastic has been found not only in surface waters but also far below in the deep-sea sediments. (lclark.edu)
  • Large amounts of plastic debris have been found in the habitat of endangered Hawaiian monk seals, including in areas that serve as pup nurseries. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Entanglement in plastic debris, especially packing bands, has also led to injury and mortality in the endangered Steller sea lion. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • In 2008 two sperm whales were found stranded along the California coast with large amounts of fishing net scraps, rope and other plastic debris in their stomachs. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Quito, 5 November 2014 - A series of reports on the impact of marine debris on migratory marine species and ways to address this growing threat, are being presented at a major international wildlife conference taking place in Quito, Ecuador this week. (cms.int)
  • The report: "Migratory Species, Marine Debris and its Management" reveals the dramatic impact of marine pollution on migratory species. (cms.int)
  • The international community must respond to the growing problem of marine debris and take decisive action to reduce the threat marine debris is posing to many migratory species and to the ecological balance of our oceans as a whole", said CMS Executive Secretary, Bradnee Chambers. (cms.int)
  • Marine debris can also have an impact on the animal's ability to feed due to reduced volume in its stomach, which leads to starvation. (cms.int)
  • According to the reports, awareness and action campaigns concerning marine debris can be powerful tools to motivate the public to be part of the solution and support any new economic instruments or regulatory measures. (cms.int)
  • Targeted campaigns to highlight the impact of marine debris on migratory species can bring about a behavioural change. (cms.int)
  • In some populations, up to 65 per cent of the animals show signs of past entanglement in marine debris. (cms.int)
  • Toothed whales tend to ingest debris during play, exploration or feeding. (cms.int)
  • In the broadest review on this topic that has been carried out to date, we found that, so far, 386 marine fish species are known to have ingested plastic debris, including 210 species that are commercially important. (thewyco.com)
  • Microplastics bioaccumulate, even in fish that do not consume plastic litter, and have now been found in human bodies. (earth911.com)
  • The presence of microplastics in sediments had an overall impact of reducing bioavailability and transfer of HOCs to sediment-ingesting organisms. (researchgate.net)
  • contaminants in tissues could transfer onto ingested microplastics. (researchgate.net)
  • Plastics, including microplastics, have generally been regarded as harmful to organisms because of their physical characteristics. (researchgate.net)
  • These microplastics can end up in the animal's digestive tract and further contaminate the marine wildlife, becoming dispersed throughout the body. (lclark.edu)
  • [10] If marine life is ingesting microplastics, then these plastic particles are likely to become part of human consumption as well. (lclark.edu)
  • Eighty percent of the plastics ranged in size from 150 μm to 1000 μm, smaller than the reported size range of floating microplastics on the sea surface, possibly because the subsurface foraging behavior of the anchovy reflected the different size distribution of plastics between surface waters and subsurface waters. (researchgate.net)
  • Our observations further confirm that microplastics have infiltrated the marine ecosystem, and that humans may be exposed to them. (researchgate.net)
  • Because microplastics retain hazardous chemicals, increase in fish chemical exposure by the ingested plastics is of concern. (researchgate.net)
  • Primary microplastics are plastic particles originally manufactur ed at those sizes. (researchgate.net)
  • Microparticles, such as microplastics and microfibers, are ubiquitous in marine food webs. (cascadiaresearch.org)
  • Matthew Savoca at Stanford University in California and his colleagues have investigated whether these whales are also ingesting microplastics around polluted stretches of coastline. (newscientist.com)
  • These particles, known as microplastics, typically form when larger plastic objects such as shopping bags and food containers break down. (thewyco.com)
  • We speculate that this could be happening both because detection methods for microplastics are improving and because ocean plastic pollution continues to increase. (thewyco.com)
  • But when researchers did look for microplastics, they found five times more plastic per individual fish than when they only looked for larger pieces. (thewyco.com)
  • Yet, quantifying this overlap is essential to identify those areas where threats related to ingestion and entanglement at sea are the most acute for marine megafauna 25 . (nature.com)
  • Plastic ingestion also reduces the storage volume of their stomachs, causing starvation. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • According to a 2016 UN report, over 800 animal species were contaminated with plastic either by entanglement or ingestion. (lclark.edu)
  • Ingestion of plastic can lead to blockage in the gut, ulceration, internal perforation and death. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • From tiny corals to majestic whales, more than 700 marine species are known to be killed either by the ingestion of plastic or entanglement - resulting in more than 100 million animal deaths a year, that we know of. (biovene.nl)
  • Here, we combine depth-integrated microplastic data from the California Current Ecosystem with high-resolution foraging measurements from 191 tag deployments on blue, fin, and humpback whales to quantify plastic ingestion rates and routes of exposure. (cascadiaresearch.org)
  • We predict that fish-feeding whales are less exposed to microplastic ingestion than krill-feeding whales. (cascadiaresearch.org)
  • These numbers are huge, the largest estimated daily ingestion of any species yet studied," says Savoca. (newscientist.com)
  • Since then, well over 100 scientific papers have described plastic ingestion in numerous species of fish. (thewyco.com)
  • We did this by creating the largest existing database on plastic ingestion by marine fish, drawing on every scientific study of the problem published from 1972 to 2019. (thewyco.com)
  • Studies that were able to detect this previously invisible threat revealed that plastic ingestion was higher than we had originally anticipated. (thewyco.com)
  • And even in studies that did report plastic ingestion, researchers did not find plastic in every individual fish. (thewyco.com)
  • Microplastic particles are increasingly being discovered in diverse habitats and a host of species are found to ingest them. (researchgate.net)
  • Since plastics are known to sorb hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) there is a question of what risk of chemical exposure is posed to aquatic biota from microplastic-associated contaminants. (researchgate.net)
  • contaminants in tissues could transfer onto ingested microplastic Given the diversity of MPs and their associated chemicals, generalizations are not poss ble. (researchgate.net)
  • Per day, a krill-obligate blue whale may ingest 10 million pieces of microplastic, while a fish-feeding humpback whale likely ingests 200,000 pieces of microplastic. (cascadiaresearch.org)
  • Blue whales could be accidentally eating 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, according to new research suggesting filter-feeding whales could be the most vulnerable marine species to plastic pollution. (newscientist.com)
  • Materials like plastic or foam can break down into smaller particles and may look like small sea creatures to wildlife such as birds, cetaceans, and fish, and they may eat these particles. (wikipedia.org)
  • their parents feed them plastic particles mistaken for food. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Blue whales, which have a particularly krill-rich diet, could ingest up to 10 million plastic particles a day , while humpback whales could consume up to 4 million particles a day, the team calculates. (newscientist.com)
  • In a newly published study that we conducted with ecologist Elliott Hazen, we examined how marine fish - including species consumed by humans - are ingesting synthetic particles of all sizes. (thewyco.com)
  • Three years later, scientists reported that fish off the coast of southern New England were consuming tiny plastic particles. (thewyco.com)
  • Marine mammals also ingest and get tangled up in plastic, leading to the decline of already endangered species like monk seals and stellar sea lions. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Fish in the North Pacific ingest 12,000 to 24,000 tons of plastic each year, which can cause intestinal injury and death and transfers plastic up the food chain to bigger fish and marine mammals. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Marine mammals ingest and get tangled in plastic. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • NOAA estimates that 100 000 marine mammals are killed by plastic each year. (biovene.nl)
  • Plastic pollution causes great harm to the organisms big and small that encounter it. (biovene.nl)
  • Many marine organisms mistake plastic as food. (fox-architects.com)
  • Dead whales have been found with bellies full of plastic. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Four other baleen species, also listed on the CMS Appendices also susceptible are the Humpback, Fin, Blue and Bryde's Whales. (cms.int)
  • Bottlenose Dolphins and Sperm Whales are known to have suffocated upon swallowing fishing nets. (cms.int)
  • 54% of all whales, dolphins and seals are impacted by plastic. (biovene.nl)
  • Filter-feeding animals, like whale sharks and baleen whales, can ingest plastic by accident. (biovene.nl)
  • Like other filter-feeding whales, also known as baleen whales, blue whales use bristly baleen plates to sift, sieve or trap krill, plankton and small fish from ocean waters. (newscientist.com)
  • The researchers combined feeding data from almost 200 tagged blue, fin and humpback whales with data on whale prey and plastic concentrations in the California Current Ecosystem - a cold-water Pacific Ocean current that runs down the western coast of North America - to model how much plastic whales could be ingesting. (newscientist.com)
  • Little is known about how such plastic accumulation could be affecting the health of whales , says Savoca, so this is a target for future research. (newscientist.com)
  • Plastic pollution is a significant threat to whales, as they both ingest plastic and become entangled in discarded fishing nets made of plastic fibers. (fox-architects.com)
  • The he North Atlantic Right Whale is one of the species most affected by entanglement and with only 500 animals left, it is threatened with extinction. (cms.int)
  • Twenty-five per cent of marine turtles in the Canary Islands were probably killed as result of entanglement. (cms.int)
  • Plastic continues to threaten sea turtles and other wildlife that ingest or get entangled in it. (earth911.com)
  • Is Your Plastic Straw Killing Sea Turtles? (earth911.com)
  • But ocean plastic is much more than just straws, and there's more at stake than turtles' nostrils. (earth911.com)
  • more post-hatchling turtles are found with internal plastic than adults. (earth911.com)
  • If you boat or fish on the ocean, learn how to avoid harming turtles with your hobby. (earth911.com)
  • Maybe you've seen the photos of sea turtles grown deformed, stuck in the plastic rings from a six-pack of beer, or dead fish washing up on beaches, their digestive systems clogged with plastic microfibers. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • 100% of sea turtles have plastic in their digestive systems. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Plastic pollution has deadly consequences for at least 267 marine species, including endangered animals like Pacific loggerhead turtles, Steller sea lions and Hawaiian monk seals, which number around 1,000 in the wild. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • While plastic bags are the most commonly ingested item, loggerhead sea turtles have been found with soft plastic, ropes, Styrofoam and monofilament lines in their stomachs. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • The intestines of turtles can be blocked upon swallowing plastic, which can lead to starvation. (cms.int)
  • More than 50% of sea turtles eat plastic. (biovene.nl)
  • 50-80% of all dead sea turtles found have plastic inside them. (biovene.nl)
  • Jellyfish-eating species, such as ocean sunfish and sea turtles, mistake plastic bags and balloon ribbons for jelly medusae. (biovene.nl)
  • For the first time, the topic of plastic pollution in the oceans became something anyone could respond to emotionally. (earth911.com)
  • Eight million tons of plastic waste continue to travel from inland locations, often along rivers, to enter the oceans every year, collecting in garbage gyres in oceans around the world. (earth911.com)
  • It was estimated that over 8 million tons of plastic waste from land enter the oceans annually, and the cumulative quantity of plastic in the ocean is predicted to accelerate rapidly 8 . (nature.com)
  • The largest single type of plastic pollution (~10%) and majority of large plastic in the oceans is discarded and lost nets from the fishing industry. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, in 2017 the UN estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans if substantial measures are not taken. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a 2014 study using computer models, scientists from the group 5 Gyres, estimated 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic weighing 269,000 tons were dispersed in oceans in similar amount in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. (wikipedia.org)
  • Today we understand that disposable plastic straws and other plastic waste have contributed to the pollution of the Earth's oceans and the deaths of millions of sea animals. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Discarded plastic bags, bottles, plates, straws, utensils, and other dumped in gutters, lakes, and rivers, and large amounts of mismanaged plastic waste streaming from rapidly growing economies, are finding their way into our oceans at the rate of one New York City garbage truck full of plastic every minute of every day for an entire year! (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Of the eight million metric tons of plastic dumped every year into the Earth's oceans, 236,000 tons are microfibers, tiny pieces of plastic smaller than your little fingernail. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Cities, counties, and states from coast to coast have begun to join the world's nations in banning single-use plastic goods to curb the rate at which we are poisoning our oceans. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Alas, national and international efforts aimed at addressing this overwhelming waste and plastic pollution in our oceans may not live up to their potential because some nations are failing to focus on the root of the problem. (lclark.edu)
  • From litter such as beverage bottles, straws, cups and plates, single-use bags, food wrappers, and cigarette butts, to fishing gear such as nets that have been lost, discarded, or abandoned from boats, the impacts from plastics are wreaking havoc not only in our oceans but also on our own health. (lclark.edu)
  • [15] Plastic pollution is an ever present, growing threat to our oceans ecosystems, our food sources, our coastal economies, and our health. (lclark.edu)
  • With the mounting negative impacts of plastic pollution in our oceans, many countries around the world have enacted varying forms of legislation to address the problem of plastics. (lclark.edu)
  • The study, published in PLOS One , is one of the largest attempts to date to quantify plastic litter in the world's oceans. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • The Center has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to limit visible plastic pollution to zero and set strict limits on small plastic items in oceans and on beaches. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Trillions of barely visible pieces of plastic are floating in the world's oceans, from surface waters to the deep seas. (thewyco.com)
  • Perhaps you've seen dolphins tangled in discarded plastic commercial fishing lines, or pelicans, their crops full of plastic bottles and bags. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Every year, eight million metric tons of plastics enter our ocean on top of the estimated 150 million metric tons that currently pollute our marine environments. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that more than 33 million tons of plastic, most of which was not recycled, was thrown away last year by Americans. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Worldwide the amount is staggering: 6.9 billion tons of plastic became trash last year, with 6.3 billion tons not recycled. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • As the second largest generator of plastic waste in the world, the United States is producing 37.83 million tons of plastic pollution per year. (lclark.edu)
  • [13] Every year, more than 14 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean. (lclark.edu)
  • SAN FRANCISCO- A new study says the world's ocean is awash in 5 trillion pieces of plastic - from tiny beads and toys to shopping bags and bottles - weighing more than 250,000 tons. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Every year, approximately 8 million metric tons of plastic end up in the ocean - that's one garbage truck of plastic per minute . (fox-architects.com)
  • Multiple studies that have sought to quantify plastic waste project that the amount of plastic pollution in the ocean will continue to increase over the next several decades. (thewyco.com)
  • It's estimated that 60% of all seabird species have eaten pieces of plastic, with that number predicted to increase to 99% by 2050. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Two-thirds of all seabird species are affected, representing 56% of all seabird species. (biovene.nl)
  • He said: "In the past few decades, oceanic plastic pollution has turned into a major economic, ecological and human health threat. (cms.int)
  • About eight years ago, on a research trip in Costa Rica, marine biologist Christine Figgener from Texas A&M University found an olive ridley sea turtle with a plastic straw lodged in his nostril. (earth911.com)
  • Of the seven species of sea turtle found all over the world, six are classified as either threatened or endangered. (earth911.com)
  • All seven species of endangered sea turtle ingest or are entangled by plastic. (biovene.nl)
  • Unlike humans, wild animals do not have the ability to discern plastic from "digestible" materials. (biovene.nl)
  • Ghost nets are fishing nets that have been abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded in the ocean, lakes and rivers. (wikipedia.org)
  • A massive tangle of human-generated plastic waste called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, twice the size of the state of Texas, floats in the ocean between California and Hawaii. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Much of the plastic ends up in giant swirling gyres like the Pacific Garbage Patch that spreads across some 276,000 square miles - an area larger than the state of Texas. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • It's not news that wild creatures ingest plastic. (thewyco.com)
  • This can include anything as large as a fishing boat or as small as particle from a Styrofoam lobster float. (wikipedia.org)
  • The plastic reduces the storage volume of their stomachs, meaning they consume less food and ultimately starve. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Ingesting plastic causes marine life to starve because the indigestible plastic fills their stomachs, preventing them from eating real food. (fox-architects.com)
  • 98% of albatrosses have ingested plastic, and 40% of their chicks died when they are fed this by their parents. (biovene.nl)
  • At least a million fish are killed this way each year. (biovene.nl)
  • The climbing perch Anabas testudineus is widespread in the inland waters of Vietnam and according to its ecology could have contact with floating plastic waste. (mdpi.com)
  • This can result in better monitoring, assessment and cleanup of plastic in our waters. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Grazing and scavenging animals, such as cows, seagulls, dogs and camels, regularly eat plastic that has been contaminated with human food. (biovene.nl)
  • We collected a range of information from each study, including what fish species it examined, the number of fish that had eaten plastic and when those fish were caught. (thewyco.com)
  • Straws and water bottles are low-hanging fruit, then do a plastics inventory to choose your next goal. (earth911.com)
  • One of the researchers said it's the equivalent of two-liter plastic bottles stacked end-to-end in a column that stretches to the moon and back twice. (biologicaldiversity.org)
  • Most of our tubes are made with +50% organically based plastic composed of renewable sugarcane and is 100% recyclable, bottles are made of 100% recycled material, reducing the reliance on virgin plastic and enabling a circular economy for material that would otherwise go to landfill. (biovene.nl)
  • Just since an international assessment conducted for the United Nations in 2016, the number of marine fish species found with plastic has quadrupled. (thewyco.com)
  • Even diehard disposable plastic straw fans tried to find ways to recycle them. (earth911.com)
  • It's not hard to avoid or cut down on using disposable plastic. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • It launched a movement to eliminate plastic straws and raised awareness of plastic pollution in the ocean. (earth911.com)
  • At our current rate, by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean, by weight, than there are fish. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Conservationists predict that by 2050, the ocean will contain more plastic than fish, by weight. (fox-architects.com)
  • But Americans still use millions of plastic straws every day, and straws are among the most common pieces of litter found in national parks. (earth911.com)
  • And all that plastic is killing sea animals by the millions. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Instead of using plastic utensils when you eat at a fast food restaurant, bring your own washable, reusable utensils. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Plastic can release chemical that smell like food, triggering species such as anchovies to find it. (biovene.nl)
  • For species struggling to recover from historical whaling alongside other anthropogenic pressures, our findings suggest that the cumulative impacts of multiple stressors require further attention. (cascadiaresearch.org)
  • Most of the plastics were fragments (86.0%), but 7.3% were beads, some of which were microbeads, similar to those found in facial cleansers. (researchgate.net)
  • Plastic was found in the stomach of 11 per cent of seals in the North Sea. (cms.int)
  • Because some regions of the ocean have more plastic pollution than others, we also examined where the fish were found. (thewyco.com)
  • In our review, almost one-third of the species studied were not found to have consumed plastic. (thewyco.com)
  • Plastic was detected in 49 out of 64 fish (77%), with 2.3 pieces on average and up to 15 pieces per individual. (researchgate.net)
  • According to the 129 scientific papers in our database, researchers have studied this problem in 555 fish species worldwide. (thewyco.com)
  • While the EU is directing its efforts to tackling single use plastics and production, the U.S. is instead focusing on recycling, research, and cleanup, thereby formulating solutions that would require the continued use of plastic and its resulting waste. (lclark.edu)
  • In the experiments, 3 types of treatment pellets were offered to fish: 24 feed pellets (Fps), 24 expanded polystyrene pellets (Pps), and 12 feed and 12 expanded polystyrene pellets (FPps). (mdpi.com)
  • It is one of three reports on the topic being presented to governments at the 11th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNEP Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), being held in Quito, Ecuador, 4-9 November 2014. (cms.int)
  • Why do animals eat plastic? (biovene.nl)
  • Of course, the animals themselves are also huge, so we also need to consider their enormous size to start to tease apart the potential effects of this huge amount of ingested plastic inside a huge body. (newscientist.com)
  • This is a time to consider the impact of climate change on species across the globe, which is causing the greatest rate of extinction since dinosaurs roamed the earth. (fox-architects.com)
  • In the reports, scientists recommend that preventing waste from reaching the marine environment is likely to be one of the most effective ways to address this problem. (cms.int)
  • Plastic pollution affects sea life throughout the ocean. (earth911.com)
  • Moreover, some non-profits, NGOs, and government organizations are developing programs to collect and remove plastics from the ocean. (wikipedia.org)
  • These enormous islands of plastic trash cover an increasingly large portion of the earth's ocean surface. (pamelynferdin.com)
  • Second, it is also likely that fish are actually consuming more plastic over time as ocean plastic pollution increases globally. (thewyco.com)
  • While our findings may make it seem as though fish in the ocean are stuffed to the gills with plastic, the situation is more complex. (thewyco.com)
  • On the one hand, my picture was being used to encourage people to buy sugary soft drinks, something I would never do today, but on the other hand, at least I'm not using a plastic straw. (pamelynferdin.com)