Asuntos medioambientales

01 Febrero 2019

Dying in a sea of litter: Shocking study reveals every one of 50 dead dolphins, seals and whales found washed up on UK coastline were poisoned by plastic

Scientists conducted a study of marine animals that washed up on British shores

They discovered that all of them had microplastic particles in their stomachs

But the majority were synthetic fibres shed from fishing nets and clothes

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Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6652079/Scientists-examining-50-dead-dolphins-seals-whales-plastic-system.html

25 Enero 2019

La inmerecida fama de las orcas

A las comúnmente conocidas como orcas asesinas -Orcinus orca-les precede su nombre y fama de peligrosas en libertad, pero hasta el momento no se había realizado ningún estudio sobre la personalidad de estos cetáceos para determinar si el apodo de violentas les representaba.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/naturaleza/actualidad/inmerecida-fama-orcas_13805

24 Enero 2019

Marine litter: One of the major threats for marine mammals. Outcomes from the European Cetacean Society workshop

Marine_litter.pdf