Ok I know I said that my previous post was the last post. I mean it was even titled “Concluding thoughts”. But remember how I said, perhaps we need new technological innovations to create more effective solutions to tackle plastic pollution. Well, I came across this article that was pretty relevant and somewhat exciting to…

Hey guys! Hope you somewhat enjoyed my little series on plastic pollution and animals. I believe that by discussing about seabirds and whales, you are now more aware about the extent of plastic pollution in animals and how they are possibly affected. As mentioned in my posts, there is insufficient research about plastic pollution in animals….

Hi guys!! Second last post for my plastic pollution series 🙂 The last post was so negative about all the = things we’re doing that contributes to plastic pollution. We can’t end on a sour note now can we? Let’s be more optimistic and look at what we can do and what is already being…

According to a small study conducted, it was found that 96% of plastic fragments found in the the Great Shearwaters, a seabird species, were actually recyclable (WBUR, 2020). Such observations show that we, as humans, often do are not even trying our best. There are simple solutions that we can follow such as recycling or…

So did you read the previous post and go “Come on Priya can you give me more details.. My brain can handle more information you know…”? Well, here I am, back with a post discussing some journal articles to give you some technical information. Remember I talked about microplastics in fin whales? Well, I went…

According to National Geographic (2019), only certain species of whales , specifically deep-diving toothed whales, seem to have a higher tendency to be washed ashore onto beaches filled with plastics. The ingestion of plastics is narrowed down to biological features of whales where Baleen whales (eg: humpbacks and blue whales) have natural filters instead of…

Let me start off by showing you some news headlines about whales.     Around the world, whales have been dying and getting washed ashore. Some whales die because of entanglement due to macroplastics like fishing nets and ropes. What’s more shocking is the increasing trend of  whales being washed ashore with huge amounts of…

Hello guys! If you’re here, I assume that you read the previous article as well. Now, let’s get back to where we ended off in the last post. Are the findings, regarding foraging depths and level of plastic ingestion, from the journal article we explored previously generalizable? Lets take a look at another journal article….

For today’s post, we will be finding out about the extent of plastic pollution in seabirds. As the name suggests, seabirds can be defined as birds that mostly live at sea. Some common types of seabirds include Albatross, Fulmars and Shearwater (The Spruce, 2020). Are all types of seabirds affected equally? Or are there certain species that…

In the previous post, I had mentioned that the journal articles did not investigate if normal diets, other than plastic ingestion, contributed to chemical additives to be leached into seabirds. But, I actually came across this article that I thought was worth mentioning with regards to bioaccumulation of such chemicals from their natural diet. This…