Fifteen years of data link plastic pollution to seabird population losses

Phys.org reports on fifteen years of data linking plastic pollution to declining seabird populations, focusing on sable shearwaters on Australia's Lord Howe Island. Fifty million metric tons of plastic dumped into the environment each year entangles, chokes, and poisons wildlife globally. These birds hatch on the island, spend several years at sea, then return as adults to breed.

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