Microplastics May Heat Marine Turtle Nests and Produce More Females

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By The ConversationJun 6, 2018, 8:34 am54 pts
By Mariana Fuentes Have you ever considered that small pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters long, or smaller than a pencil eraser head, called microplastics , can affect large marine vertebrates like sea turtles? My research team first discovered this disturbing fact when we started to quantify the amount…

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