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Comment
. 2015 Sep 22;112(38):11752-3.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1513514112. Epub 2015 Sep 1.

Silent spring in the ocean

Boris Worm  1
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Silent spring in the ocean

Boris Worm. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Plastic pollution has emerged as a global threat to seabirds. Although breeding in a National Marine Sanctuary, albatross chicks on Midway Atoll are threatened by plastic entanglement (Left) and ingestion (Right). The proportion of similarly affected seabirds may already exceed 90% on a global scale (2). Images courtesy of (Left) Ron Hirschi and (Right) Claire Fackler/Marine Photobank.
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