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Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds

Researchers combined ocean plastic density maps with GPS tracking data for over 7,000 seabirds across 77 petrel species to identify where birds are most likely to encounter and accidentally eat plastic debris. High-risk zones were identified in the Mediterranean, northeast Pacific, and South Atlantic, with threatened species facing disproportionately greater exposure — often in international waters beyond any single country's control.

2023 Nature Communications 88 citations
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The flip-or-flop boutique: Marine debris on the shores of St Brandon's rock, an isolated tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean

Researchers catalogued 50,000 marine debris items on St. Brandon's Rock, a remote Indian Ocean atoll, identifying Southeast Asia and the Arabian Sea region as likely source areas; 79% of items were plastic, with the presence of intact compact fluorescent lights raising concerns about long-distance mercury transport via marine debris.

2016 Marine Environmental Research 94 citations