Sentence examples for plastic debris accumulation from inspiring English sources

Researcher Chelsea Rochman of the University of California, Davis, collaborated with Cook and the EPA on a 2014 study that showed an association between concentrations of certain PBDEs in fish and levels of plastic debris accumulation in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Floating plastic debris accumulates on beaches and in oceanic gyres, benthic debris on the sea bed in areas with low circulation [9, 11, 71].

Add to this the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide, leading to increased sea temperatures and ocean acidification, oil spills, agricultural and industrial run-off, pollution from aquaculture, and the enormous accumulation of plastic debris in water, and the critical situation for marine wildlife becomes clear.

Another matter of concern is the accumulation of plastic debris in the environment.

Among the multiple human pressures on aquatic ecosystems, the accumulation of plastic debris is one of the most obvious but least studied.

Because of their specific hydrology, the large oceanic gyres are hot spots of plastic pollution (colloquially termed 'garbage patches'), accumulating buoyant plastic debris.

The animals' stomachs were filled with plastic debris.

Turtles are also being killed by water pollution, choking or starving after swallowing plastic debris.

Seabirds are enticed into eating plastic debris because it smells like their food, according to scientists.

Much of the plastic debris that ends up in the world's oceans congregates in so-called gyres.

The malign effect of floating plastic debris on seabirds, turtles and other sea creatures is well known.