Lancashire MCS Blog » litter http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog The activities of the Marine Conservation Society Lancashire local area group Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:11:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The effects of marine litter on birdlife http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2009/10/22/the-effects-of-marine-litter-on-birdlife/ http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/2009/10/22/the-effects-of-marine-litter-on-birdlife/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:43:22 +0000 admin http://www.lancashiremcs.org.uk/blog/?p=123 Photographer Chris Jordan has published a heart-breaking series of photos of the effects of litter on baby Albatross.  On the tiny Midway Atoll in the middle of the North Pacific, tens of thousands of Albatross chicks die yearly of toxicity and starvation because their parents feed them plastic, thinking it’s food.

See the photos here

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