As Plastic Pollution in Rivers Gets Worse, Species Are Increasingly Living on Litter

Yale e360
Feb 9, 2021, 4:40 pm182 pts
Scientists have long warned that the world’s major rivers and estuaries are hotspots for plastic waste, as trash and microparticles wash down tributaries and congregate before entering oceans. Now, new research has found that as this waste accumulates, aquatic river species like insects and snails are…

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