20 de janeiro de 2021

Does a plastic bag stuck on whale’s mouth indicate more ocean trash?

The floating object in the humpback whale’s path at first looked like an ocean sunfish, which are roundish and can often be seen lazily floating on the water’s surface.

https://www.pvnews.com/news/does-a-plastic-bag-stuck-on-whale-s-mouth-indicate-more-ocean-trash/article_cc1d44b6-5b4b-11eb-a850-dffd0f5b7f45.html

Posted on 20 de janeiro de 2021, 11:59 PM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

20 de novembro de 2020

Report tallies wildlife entangled or choked by plastic waste.

Almost 1,800 marine animals were killed or injured by ocean plastics over a 10-year period in U.S. coastal waters, according to records compiled by the conservation organization Oceana.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/environment/story/2020-11-19/report-tallies-animals-choked-entangled-in-ocean-plastics?_amp=true

Posted on 20 de novembro de 2020, 08:34 PM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

10 de dezembro de 2019

Viral Image Shows Grey Seal Pup Lounging With A Starbucks Bottle.

An amateur photographer has captured an image of a young pup lounging next to a glass Starbucks bottle in the midst of the UK grey pup season in what some say highlights the pervasiveness of human rubbish problems around the world.

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/viral-image-shows-grey-seal-pup-lounging-with-a-starbucks-bottle/amp.html

Posted on 10 de dezembro de 2019, 08:08 PM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

The Number Of Sea Creatures Choking On Plastic Will Put You Off Ever Buying Another Bottled Drink.

If we keep going at this rate, it is estimated there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050.

https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/sea-creatures-choking-plastic-bottled-drink_uk_5de8dbd6e4b0913e6f8ba3a8/

Posted on 10 de dezembro de 2019, 04:36 PM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

08 de dezembro de 2019

Plastic pollution has killed half a million hermit crabs that confused trash for shells.

Now another sea creature is discovering the devastating effects of plastic pollution: hermit crabs. Garbage that has washed ashore has killed more than half a million hermit crabs on remote islands.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/plastic-pollution-has-killed-half-a-million-hermit-crabs-that-confused-trash-for-shells/

Posted on 08 de dezembro de 2019, 04:01 AM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

06 de dezembro de 2019

Why do ocean animals eat plastic?

Whales with stomachs full of plastic have turned up around the world. Here's what we know.

https://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/animals/2019/12/whales-eating-plastic-pollution

Posted on 06 de dezembro de 2019, 03:59 AM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentários | Deixar um comentário

02 de dezembro de 2019

Dead sperm whale had 220 pounds of garbage in its stomach, including rope, plastic and gloves.

Researchers on a Scottish island found disturbing items during a necropsy of a juvenile sperm whale: 220 pounds of land and sea debris.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/02/dead-sperm-whale-had-pounds-garbage-its-stomach-including-rope-plastic-gloves/?outputType=amp

Posted on 02 de dezembro de 2019, 10:24 PM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 2 comentários | Deixar um comentário

21 de novembro de 2019

Manta rays and whale sharks consuming massive amounts of plastics near Indonesia.

A team of researchers from Australia, the U.S., Indonesia and New Zealand has measured the amount of plastics that manta rays and whale sharks are ingesting off the coast of Indonesia. In their paper published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, the group describes how they measured the ingestion of plastics by the marine animals.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2019-11-manta-rays-whale-sharks-consuming.amp

Posted on 21 de novembro de 2019, 09:36 PM by biohexx1 biohexx1 | 1 comentário | Deixar um comentário

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