Balloons the number 1 marine debris risk of mortality for seabirds
Friday, March 1, 2019 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
A new study has found that balloons are the highest-risk plastic debris item for seabirds -- 32 times more likely to kill than ingesting hard plastics. Researchers looked at the cause of death of 1733 seabirds from 51 species and found that one in three of the birds had ingested marine debris.