Campaign: We don’t want this new species

Illustrated and created by Ymke. A concept of animals evolved with the plastic we throw in our very own oceans and seas.
As we all know, ocean plastic pollution is becoming more of a problem. this is part of a growing trend especially in shallow seas surrounding human populations and cities where seahorses thrive. Plastic can suffocate the seafloor where seahorses live
Hermit crabs are like tiny vacuum cleaners. the crabs explore just about everything else that washes ashore, and unfortunately, that is all too often plastic debris. This gets them into trouble when the plastic comes in the form of a bottle, especial
Single-use face masks are made from a variety of meltblown plastics and are difficult to recycle. Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean pollution. Adding to a glut of plastic waste that already threat
Researchers bought oysters, prawns, squid, crabs and sardines from a market in australia and analysed them using a newly developed method that identifies and measures five different plastic types simultaneously. The study by the university of exeter
The current study of large pelagic fish (which live in the open sea, away from the shores or the bottom of the ocean) examined 56 swordfish, 36 bluefin, and 31 albacore that had been caught in the Mediterranean. Of those fish, 7 swordfish, 11 bluefin
In october 2018, researchers discovered microscopic traces of eight different plastics in the stomachs of starfish, sea stars and brittle stars collected between 1976 and 2015 near scotland. this means these creatures have been ingesting plastic for
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