What Pinheiro and his team found was that the trash wasn't just plastic bags and bottles. The lion's share was actually plastic fishing debris, "like ropes, long lines, nets that get entangled and get ...

The plastic, they believe, contains some sort of chemical that makes it particularly tasty to the corals; the biofilm covers up the taste. Of course, corals can't digest the plastic.

<p>When you really think about it, humans are dumb, messy animals. Our trash has found it way to every corner of the planet, from the highest mountains to the deepest oceans, and we really need to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than bags and bottles What Pinheiro and his team found was that the trash wasn't just plastic bags and bottles. The lion's share was actually plastic fishing debris, "like ropes, long lines, nets ...