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Plastic trash is sickening the world’s coral reefs

Exposure to plastic junk makes fragile reefs highly susceptible to disease.
Aerial view of plastic floating over corals

Plastic debris can devastate coral reefs. Credit: Kathryn Berry

Plastic waste in the ocean makes reef-building corals highly vulnerable to several potentially fatal diseases.

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Nature 554, 9 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-01239-3

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