Turtles exposed to record levels of microplastics on Mediterranean beaches

Mongabay
Nov 23, 2018, 2:30 am301 pts
The Mediterranean island of Cyprus isn’t somewhere you might normally associate with record levels of waste. The mythological birthplace of Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess of love, Cyprus conjures images of white-sand beaches and shimmering blue seas. But a new study — and lots of digging — has found…

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