December 12, 2019
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A more targeted approach to cleaning up plastic in the ocean could help to reduce seabird deaths, a researcher says. The idea from a New Zealand researcher comes amid predictions there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean within the next 30 years. While steps were underway to phase out the use of plastic, 50 years worth of them now circulated in the world's oceans, waiting to be mistaken by rare and endangered seabirds as food.
