An albatross bolus at Midway Atoll Refuge

A matted brown mass with bits of of plastic and fishing line

An albatross bolus at Midway Atoll Refuge

An albatross bolus, or mass of food, mixed with fishing line and microplastics, partially digested by an albatross at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific.

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Elena Fischer/USFWS

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Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

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Marine

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Animal health

Human impacts

Marine ecology

Pollution

Research

Seabirds

Wildlife refuges

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