The Maldives is renowned for its rich marine biodiversity, but it's also home to the world’s highest levels of microplastics on its beaches and in the waters near shore
Now marine scientists at Flinders, near Adelaide, Australia, have added another, predictable statistic to the Maldives’ trash horror story: The island chain, renowned for its rich marine biodiversity, is also home to the world’s highest levels of microplastics on its beaches and in the waters near shore.
“The size of the microplastics is extremely important because they get into the smallest fish and invertebrates, which are then consumed by larger fish,” says Flinders conservation biologistScience of the Total Environmentare part of an impressive body of scientific literature published so far this year that adds new understanding of this plastic scourge—and that may aid efforts to combat it. a marine ecologist at the University of Toronto.
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