Plastic is suffocating coral reefs — and it's not just bottles and bags. July 12, 2023 4:21 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. Ari Daniel ...

NPR Plastic is suffocating coral reefs — and it's not just bottles and bags. A new study takes a comprehensive look at the plastic debris smothering reefs, where in the ocean it's more prevalent ...

Plastic Pollution Is Killing Coral Reefs, 4-Year Study Finds : The Two-Way A study in the Pacific Ocean finds that bags and bottles are sickening and killing reefs from Thailand to Australia.

Researchers have previously found that plastic can not only "suffocate and kill the corals, sponges and other invertebrates," says Pinheiro, but also increase the likelihood of a coral getting a ...

Plastic not only suffocates and kills corals, sponges and other invertebrates but it also increases the likelihood of a coral getting a disease. Here, a plastic bag has entangled a coral in the ...

Plastic can not only suffocate and kill corals, sponges and other invertebrates but also increases the likelihood of a coral getting a disease by 20 times. Pinheiro expanded his research focus ...

A new study takes a comprehensive look at the plastic debris smothering reefs, where in the ocean it's more prevalent — and how to deal with the problem. Plastic is suffocating coral reefs ...

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