Whales near cities consume microplastics daily
A new study by an international team of researchers led by the University of Auckland has found that whales in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf consume around 3 million microplastics every day. The researchers estimated microplastic exposure from prey and scats of whales using a stochastic simulation model, which led to the estimated daily ingestion rate of microplastics. […]
Webinar: Learnings from 30 years of investigating cetacean strandings
What: CSI of the Sea: what have we learnt from 30 years of investigating cetacean strandings?When: 11 Jan 2022 18:00 – 19:30Where: Livestream on ZSL’s YouTube channel, which will be made available on the YouTube channel afterwards.How: Free, no registration needed. Cetaceans have been founded stranded around the UK coastline for centuries. But the role of human impacts in causing these events remained unclear until […]
