eat more plastic as a proportion of their body mass than any other marine animal, researchers say: In one large population, 90 percent of the fledglings had already ingested some. A plastic shard ...

and the animals that eat them, depend on just how many larval fish make it, and in what condition. The blue glove hasn’t been in the water long enough to suffer the fate of most ocean plastic ...

The study highlights the complexities and dangers of microplastic pollution in the ocean. Rapid sinking ... consequences for marine environments. Plastic pollution in the marine environment ...

Plastics are harmful to marine ecosystems—they can concentrate dangerous chemicals, such as phthalates and bisphenol A; entrap or harm animals ... the ocean had some ability to eat plastic ...