New study shows how little plastic it takes to kill a manatee – and how much good we can do by cleaning up  | The Invading Sea

Just one baseball’s worth of soft plastics like plastic bags has a 50% chance of killing an adult manatee.

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Human Steps – Trash Art by BORDALO II

Trash Artist BORDALO II

By BORDALO II on no waste. Photo by Mike Doorline.

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9 years ago today, the #TokioExpress was hit by a rogue wave and spilled a container full of LEGO into the sea. Adrift is a beautifully presented book that tells the story of this unlikely cargo spill without making light of the very serious problem of plastic pollution.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2022/05/12/book-review-adrift-the-curious-tale-of-the-lego-lost-at-sea/

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Book review – Adrift: The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost at Sea

A beautifully presented book, Adrift entertains with its story of an unlikely cargo spill without making light of the very serious problem of plastic pollution.

The Inquisitive Biologist

New in our electronic collection:

➡️ Synthetic Frontiers: Ocean Plastic and the Persistence of Trash Islands

🔗 https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/15813.001.0001

"Bringing feminist science and technology studies approaches to materiality together with hydrohumanities critiques of terracentrism, Kim De Wolff shows how ocean plastic pollution is shaped by land/water divides and the fluidities that defy them."

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Rare pygmy sperm whale dies after swallowing a plastic bag

A rare young pygmy sperm whale dies after swallowing a plastic bag: an exceptional case that highlights the alarming impact of marine debris.

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A team of researchers has collected data in the Pacific Ocean in order to track the routes taken by floating plastic debris. The international organization "Plastic Change" is helping to raise awareness about the increasing pollution of our oceans by plastic.

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Protect our oceans from the dangers of pollution by plastic say international campaigning group…

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⟦Onay et al.⟧ Assessing microplastic pollution in marine mammals: evidence from three cetacean species in the southeastern Black Sea https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1657648/full 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Porpoises #Science #OceanPollution #OceanPlastic #Microplastic
Frontiers | Assessing microplastic pollution in marine mammals: evidence from three cetacean species in the southeastern Black Sea

Microplastic (MP) pollution has emerged as a pervasive environmental threat, with growing evidence of its accumulation across various marine trophic levels, ...

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World's Ocean Plastic Waste list. Most ocean plastic waste comes from just a handful of countries with poor waste management, no surprise there in that list. What’s shocking is how little awareness and action we still have globally on this. Rivers carry vast amounts of plastic into oceans every day, mostly from Asia and some African nations. When plastics reach the oceans, then we all get affected #OceanPlastic #PlasticPollution #WasteManagement