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A new 30-year study reveals that Marion Island, one of the most remote islands on Earth, is increasingly littered with plastic bottles and caps drifting thousands of kilometres across the Indian Ocean

From Indonesia to the Southern Ocean: Marion Island’s growing plastic problem

A new 30-year study reveals that Marion Island, one of the most remote islands on Earth, is increasingly littered with plastic bottles and caps drifting thousands of kilometres across the Indian Ocean

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
The number of plastic in petrels breeding at Inaccessible Island in the central South Atlantic Ocean has remained constant since the 1980s, a new study has revealed. (Photo by: Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Environmental efforts pay off: study shows plastic loads in petrels remain stable over decades

New research uncovers surprising stability in plastic ingestion among seabirds on Inaccessible Island

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read