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A study recently published in the journal Global Change Biology reveals that just over half of the planet's sea turtles have ingested some type of plastic. The study was led by scientist Qamar A. Schuyler from the University of Queensland, and warns of the serious damage that pollution levels from this material cause to marine ecosystems. It is estimated that between four and 12 million tonnes of plastic Europe Cell Phone Number List are deposited annually in our oceans and these cause a variety of problems in marine wildlife, mainly with ingestion and entanglement of exposed species. “Pollution from marine plastic debris is rapidly becoming one of the most critical environmental concerns facing wildlife in the 21st century,” warns the study, which indicates that among the most affected species are turtles, as around 52 percent of the total of these animals have ingested it. To reach this conclusion, scientists conducted an analysis of risks to chelonians on a global scale, combining the distributions of marine plastics on the planet and maps of turtle habitats “to predict levels of exposure to plastic pollution.
And furthermore empirical data from necropsies of deceased animals were used to evaluate the consequence of exposure to this type of contaminants.” During the study it was found that the regions of greatest risk for global sea turtle populations are “off the eastern coasts of the United States, Australia and South Africa; the eastern Indian Ocean and in Southeast Asia”, and that the most threatened species is the olive ridley sea turtle, a species classified as threatened around the world and in danger of extinction on the coasts of Mexico. Researcher Schuyler warns that plastic pollution is an important threat factor for these animals and that it adds to others such as bycatch or poaching. “[Turtles] can die directly from the ingestion of plastics due to obstruction of the intestines or through perforation of the intestinal wall. They can also experience sublethal impacts, such as a decrease in their diet," explains the specialist in a statement reported by El País of Uruguay, a newspaper that explains that the diet decreases because "the turtle feels 'full' from the plastic and "Because of this, he doesn't eat as much nutritionally packed food as he should.