The most visible effect of pollution on marine organisms is the entanglement of wildlife in marine litter. The photo on the right was taken by H. Gladier (birdimagency.com).
Studies have shown that millions of animals that live in the oceans are debilitated, mutilated and killed by marine litter every year. Marine litter can be transported by ocean currents over long distances, and is found in all marine environments, even in remote areas in the open oceans and the deep sea.
See also Marine Litter Vital Arctic Graphics from GRID-Arendal.
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Source: International Coastal Cleanup Report 2017 (Ocean Conservancy).
Source: GRID-Arendal (Maphoto/Riccardo Pravettoni) - The graphic has been remade by PAME.
Source: What a Waste (2012) - The World Bank.
Source: https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/publications-files/WhatIsMarineDebrisPoster.pdf
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