Ocean Debris: Habitat for Some, Havoc for Environment, Experts Say
John Roach - National Geographic News
Look under a chunk of plastic afloat in the ocean and you’re likely to spot a fish or two. But look inside the stomach of a dead albatross or sea turtle and you’re likely to find chunks of plastic. So goes the paradoxical legacy of plastic debris in the ocean.
Carl Safina is a marine conservationist who has traveled the world’s oceans and documented the effects of plastic on marine life. This past fall, on a research cruise in the remote Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America, he and his colleagues encountered floating trash serving as habitat for small fish and other marine organisms.
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