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'Walking dead': plastic ingestion's seabird impact

A world-first study has proven a seabird is suffering from population decline due to ingestion of plastic waste, with afflicted birds dubbed "the walking dead".

The ecological disaster threatening Australian seabirds

The ecological disaster threatening Australian seabirds

Thousands of dead seabirds washed up on Australia's coastline two years ago following a marine heatwave and scientists warn history could repeat.

AAP · Nov 1, 2025

Thousands of dead seabirds are washing up on Australia’s beaches. Researchers want to know why

Thousands of dead seabirds are washing up on Australia’s beaches. Researchers want to know why

Each spring about 20 million shearwaters fly 15,000km to Australia from the northern hemisphere. This year, beachgoers have been finding many emaciated carcasses

The Guardian - AU · Nov 9, 2024

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More intense, frequent tropical cyclones may devastate seabird colonies – study

Up to 90% ‘lost in the blink of an eye’, say scientists studying Cyclone Ilsa’s effect on birds on Western Australian island

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

Seabirds that swallow ocean plastic waste have scarring in their stomachs – scientists have named this disease 'plasticosis'

As a conservation biologist who studies plastic ingestion by marine wildlife, I can count on the same question whenever I present research: “How does plastic affect the animals that eat it?”

The Conversation · Mar 21, 2023

Divers hope new marine park will address ocean littering at Lucky Bay leafy sea dragon hotspot

Damien Isoard was dismayed by the amount of beer bottles and discarded fishing gear he found while diving off the coast of a world-famous Australian beach. But he hopes a planned marine park could help reduce ocean litter.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2023

Esperance rangers hope cultural burns could buffer remote islands from climate change impacts

A bird colony has gone missing from an island off the south coast of Western Australia. Rangers say cultural burning could prevent such losses in the future.

ABC News · Dec 24, 2022

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Scientists say eating plastic could be to blame for Lord Howe Island seabird deaths

Scientists say eating plastic could be to blame for Lord Howe Island seabird deaths

Scientists studying the impact of plastic debris on a seabird colony that nests on Lord Howe Island say the proportion of birds at risk of ingesting plastic from our oceans is increasing.

ABC News · Jul 2, 2022

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