We all know that plastic isn't great for our planet. But how much do scientists really know about how it's affecting nature - including our own species?
Tori and Khalil try to get their noodles around 'nurdles', the tiny plastic pellets that are used to manufacture all manner of everyday objects, discovering that millions are ending up in our oceans, with unknown long-term consequences. Plus, join Natural History Museum researcher Alex Bond on Lord Howe Island, a remote paradise in the Tasman sea and mecca for nesting seabirds, where chicks are falling prey to an ominous new disease: plasticosis.
You'll find out:
-What caused Sri Lanka's worst maritime disaster?
-How much do we know about how microplastics affect human health?
-Can we get to a global agreement on ending plastic pollution?
Contributors:
Instagram: @natural_history_museum
Twitter: @NHM_London
TikTok: @its_NHM
Learn more about how you can take action for nature and find additional resources at www.nhm.ac.uk/podcast
Resources for this episode:
The chicks choking on a toxic diet of ocean plastic https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-chicks-choking-on-a-toxic-diet-of-ocean-plastic.html
Plastic diet could be causing seabird chicks to shrink https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/march/plastic-diet-could-be-causing-seabird-chicks-to-shrink.html
Plasticosis: a new disease caused by plastic that is affecting seabirds https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/march/plasticosis-new-disease-caused-by-plastic-affecting-seabirds.html
Ocean plastic is changing the blood chemistry of seabirds https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/july/ocean-plastic-is-changing-the-blood-chemistry-of-seabirds.html
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