Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, research estimated Tuesday, suggesting that the omnipresent pollution poses a bigger danger to the world’s largest animal than previously thought.
The tiny fragments of plastic have been found everywhere from the deepest oceans to the highest mountains, and even inside human organs and blood. Now a modelling study published in the journal Nature Communications has estimated how much is being ingested by whales.
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PARIS (AFP) – Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, research estimated recently, suggesting that the omnipresent pollution poses a bigger danger to the world’s largest animal than previously thought. The tiny fragments of plastic have been found everywhere from the deepest oceans to the highest mountains, and even inside […]
Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, research estimated Tuesday, suggesting that the omnipresent pollution poses a bigger danger to the world s largest animal than previously thought.
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Earth's largest animals, blue whales are mighty big eaters, gulping tons of food each day. They also now are .
PARIS: Blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, research estimated on Tuesday, suggesting that the omnipresent pollution poses a bigger danger to the world´s.