Plastic Poses a Growing Threat to Seabirds, Study Says
▻http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/summer-of-science-2015/latest/seabird
Global plastic production has doubled every 11 years since the 1950s and currently tops 300 million tons per year. Currently more than seven million tons of plastic trash end up in the ocean, often a result of improper dumping into rivers that wash into the sea.