Given the constant increase in global plastic production since the 1950s, researchers predicted that plastic accumulation in petrels (seabirds) would rise over time.
Efforts to limit waste plastic entering the environment have been at least partly successful. Picture: PexelsA new study by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology reveals that the amount of
Given the constant increase in global plastic production since the 1950s, researchers predicted that plastic accumulation in petrels would rise over time. Perold made use of samples collected since 1987 by Emeritus Professor Peter Ryan who conducted research into the matter. He said that when the study began, dumping plastics at sea was still permitted, and lax regulations on plastic converters resulted in a large quantity of industrial pellets into the sea.
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