Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Scientists find 38 million pieces of trash on Pacific island

Associated Press
When researchers traveled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were astonished to find an estimated 38 million pieces of trash washed up on the beaches. Story here.











What's left of an albatross chick (found on another remote island) after 
ingesting bottle caps & other plastic debris. 
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