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February 25, 2015

Great Barrier Reef corals eat plastic
Townsville, Australia (SPX) Feb 25, 2015
Researchers in Australia have found that corals commonly found on the Great Barrier Reef will eat micro-plastic pollution. "Corals are non-selective feeders and our results show that they can consume microplastics when the plastics are present in seawater," says Dr Mia Hoogenboom, a Chief Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University. "If microplastic pollution increases on the Great Barrier Reef, corals could be negatively affected as their tiny st ... read more

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