Thousands of sharks and rays are likely entangled in plastic polluting Earth’s oceans

Mongabay
Jul 16, 2019, 2:40 pm199 pts
New research finds that thousands of sharks and rays could be entangled in the plastic polluting Earth’s oceans. Scientists at the UK’s University of Exeter examined existing scientific literature and took to Twitter to find documented instances of shark and ray entanglements. They ended up finding reports…

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