The Impact of Ocean Plastic | Beluga Whales

The Arctic is one of the most isolated and forbidding places on the planet, but to the beluga whale, the frozen north is home. We still think of the Arctic as a pristine wilderness because the nearest cities are thousands of miles away, but plastic pollution has already infiltrated this crucial food web. Belugas have an affinity for shallow, coastal waters where they’re more likely to ingest or become entangled in plastic pollution. In fact, a recent study found microplastic in the digestive tracts of all