Sea turtles are incredible animals that inspire affection and curiosity. But because they live most of their lives at sea, they are shrouded in mystery. Scientists have spent decades trying to unravel the many mysteries of sea turtles’ lives through research and observation which has luckily revealed intriguing facts about sea turtles. However, plastic pollution is a growing threat to sea turtles worldwide, and scientists are only beginning to understand its impacts.

Plastic pollution in our oceans is a massive problem that impacting sea turtles and many other marine species. Staggeringly, between 5–13 million metric tons of plastic waste are estimated to enter our oceans annually — equal to dumping a garbage truck full of plastic every minute! This problem is made worse by the fact that plastics last forever. When they degrade, they break down into microplastics that last in the environment indefinitely. It is no surprise, then, that researchers predict that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by weight.

For sea turtles, which have been around for over 100 million years, plastics are a brand new, but devastating, threat. Despite millennia of evolution, surviving mass extinctions, and outliving........

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