Why is marine life eating plastic? Scientists say their sonar is being fooled. How do dolphins and other toothed whales mistake plastic for food? At the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina, ...
Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...
In the “PBS NewsHour” special report called “The Plastic Problem,” premiering Wednesday night, a typical, earnest little girl is interviewed about the dangers of plastic waste to both humans and ...