This Small Amount of Plastic Is Enough to Kill a Sea Turtle

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...
The Mail & Guardian

From Indonesia to the Southern Ocean: Marion Island’s growing plastic problem

A new 30-year study reveals that Marion Island, one of the most remote islands on Earth, is increasingly littered with plastic bottles and caps drifting thousands of kilometres across the Indian Ocean ...
The New York Times

How Much Plastic Can Kill a Sea Turtle? A New Study Has Answers.

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...
SFGate

Plastic tide threatens Long Island Sound

A movement to ban plastic bags that harm fish and other wildlife in Long Island Sound is slowly gaining traction along Connecticut’s shoreline. Towns from the New York border to Stonington are ...
The Washington Post

On a remote Australian island, the birds are so full of plastic they crunch

On a remote Australian island renowned for its natural beauty, researchers have made a grisly discovery: Seabirds have ingested so much plastic they crunch when touched. The “harrowing” finding of ...
webtv.un.org

Returning to “Plastic Island” off Norway’s Coast for Beach Cleanup Week

On 25 September, the University of Bergen (UiB), the UNAI SDG 14 Hub Chair for Life Below Water, organized a coastal cleanup for students and staff. As last year, the destination was Lisle Lyngøy, ...