Evidence shows cross-regional marine plastic pollution in green sea turtles

Researchers examined the diet and plastic ingestion of green sea turtles inhabiting waters around the Ogasawara Islands, ...
Earth.com

Green sea turtles are ingesting plastic from far beyond their range

“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...
Time

This Small Amount of Plastic Is Enough to Kill a Sea Turtle

Plastic ingestion and entanglement are major issues for sea life. The ocean is awash with plastic—more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals get ...
The New York Times

How Much Plastic Can Kill a Sea Turtle? A New Study Has Answers.

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...
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One green sea turtle can contain the equivalent of ten ping pong balls in plastic

Thousands to millions of tons of plastic enter the ocean annually, but where they end up is poorly understood. Scientists have been working to assemble the pieces of the puzzle for years, including ...
The Conversation

One green sea turtle can contain the equivalent of 10 ping pong balls in plastic

Xia (Alice) Zhu receives funding from the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Chelsea Rochman receives funding from NSERC, ECCC, DFO. Matthew Mazloff receives funding from NASA, NOAA, NSF, UCSD. Memorial ...