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Corals in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Eat Plastic [1]

It turns out that corals are making use of the plastic in our oceans-sort of. Scientists have found that corals commonly found on the Great Barrier Reef are actually eating plastic.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2015
Science World Report [2]
Tags:
Environment [3], Corals [4], Plastics [5], Marine Ecosystems [6], Marine Life [7], Australia [8]
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