Sea turtles trapped in βhorrendousβ plastic waste
Underwater photographer Caroline Power has captured footage showing juvenile green sea turtles becoming trapped in seaweed that is βhalf-plasticβ.
It comes a year after she discovered a βsea of plasticβ engulfing the Caribbean.
The seaweed acts as a crucial habitat for the turtles, but the sheer amount of plastic entangled in it means many of them are dying.
Caroline told ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live the scene was βhorrendousβ, with baby turtles βcrawling across the top of plastic bags, bottles, earbuds, shoes and childrenβs toys.β
She feels we need βimmediate and far-reaching plastic reductionβ but remains hopeful that people are βstarting to wake up and realise we need to do something.β
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