University of California researchers visiting the Pacific Garbage Patch out in the open ocean are expressing fears that the giant pile of plastic debris may be more harmful than originally thought, given that much of the trash is of small enough size to get into the food chain of marine wildlife, including birds.
By Garrison Frost
August 28, 2009
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.