This week in Nature: Troubled Waters - Plastic pollution in reefs and freshwater ecosystems Read the full issue here:
Usually, sea urchins procure blades of seagrass or small pieces of rubble to help them blend in with the sea floor, but the fire urchin on the cover has instead appropriated the remnants of a blue plastic bag and is entangled in a discarded fishing line stuck on a reef.
Taken at a depth of 130 metres in the Philippines, the image highlights the increasing grip of plastic pollution on the world’s ecosystems. In this week’s issue, two papers help to quantify the extent to which even remote water environments are being affected by plastics.
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