Oceanic plastic trash conveys disease to coral reefs

ENN
Jan 25, 2018, 2:24 pm67 pts
For coral reefs, the threat of climate change and bleaching are bad enough. An international research group led by Cornell University has found that plastic trash – ubiquitous throughout the world’s oceans – intensifies disease for coral, adding to reef peril, according to a new study in the journal…

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