https://padlet.com/364149/uzbqmnmvbear By: Mayson Gilmore & Vas Petrohilos en-us 2018-10-23 23:50:25 UTC 2026-03-20 17:18:42 UTC hello@padlet.com 364149 https://padlet.com/364149/uzbqmnmvbear/wish/296231476 Every year thousands of marine birds die. These death rates come directly from the immense amount of plastic pollution in the ocean, and the amount of plastic they consume.]]> 2018-10-23 23:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/364149/uzbqmnmvbear/wish/296231476 364149 https://padlet.com/364149/uzbqmnmvbear/wish/296231854 Evidence to support that marine birds are being impacted by plastic pollution.
- 60% of seabirds consume plastic now and by 2050, it is thought that virtually every marine bird will be
- In 1960, plastic was found in less than 5% of marine birds, but by 1980 that number had jumped to 80%
- Seabirds that feed on the ocean surface are especially prone to ingesting plastic debris that floats.]]> 2018-10-23 23:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/364149/uzbqmnmvbear/wish/296231854 364149 https://padlet.com/364149/uzbqmnmvbear/wish/296234658 When plankton in the ocean eat fish and other small organisms, a chemical fragrance called DMS is produced. Seabirds rely heavily on smell to find food, so when this DMS is present, the birds go to area of where the chemical is produced because they know they’ll find food there. The problem with this comes from the recent discovery that when plastic sits in the ocean for longer than three months, that same chemical, DMS is produced. This means that when a common marine bird like the Albatross skims the surface of the water for food it often mistakes the plastic for a meal. This plastic fills up the bird's stomach, making it unable to digest and causes it to starve to death, which explains the great decline in population we see today and that links to plastic pollution.]]> 2018-10-24 00:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/364149/uzbqmnmvbear/wish/296234658