20
September 2017
Most of
the seabirds examined for a study of the effects of marine plastic pollution
had swallowed plastic.
Researchers,
including scientists from North Highland College UHI's Environmental Research
Institute in Thurso, investigated 34 species.
They found
74% of them had ingested plastic.
The
research involved seabird colonies in northern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia,
Greenland, Svalbard, the Faroes and Iceland.
Species
with the highest levels of plastic ingestion included northern fulmar, Manx
shearwater and herring gull.
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