Over 268,000 tonnes of ocean plastic - neglect it at our peril

The Ecologist
Dec 11, 2014, 5:27 am31 pts
The oceans are awash with plastic, write Magnus Johnson & Melanie Coull, with dire effects on marine wildlife mistaking it for food. But it's not just big animals like basking sharks, turtles and albatrosses that suffer. The very worst damage may be caused by particles too small for the eye to see, and the…

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