Plastic trash altering ocean habitats, study shows
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
A 100-fold upsurge in human-produced plastic garbage in the ocean is altering habitats in the marine environment, according to a new study led by a graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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