The Galapagos Marine Reserve provides protection to close on 200 thousand square kilometres of our ocean. It lies 900 kilometres from the mainland and is not on any busy shipping lanes or industrial fishing waters yet, researcher, Jen Jones finds micro plastic in the water throughout the reserve.
Blue whales ingest up to 10 million pieces of microplastics per day, according to estimates in a study. This suggests that the pollution poses a greater danger to the world's largest animals than previously thought
Plastics in various forms in the sea, and their effects on the environment, have been the subject of much research and debate. But nanoplastics - pieces so small we can't see them with the naked eye - are less well known. A research team that has investigated these particles can now conclude that plastic has been in the polar ice cap for a long time
By 2050, marine plastic pollution could quadruple, impacting over 2,000 marine species, warns a comprehensive WWF report on the crisis.
