Researchers with Oregon State University discovered that gray whales feeding off the Oregon Coast consume over 20 million plastic particles in a day.
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Pacific gray whale populations are threatened by microplastics in the ocean, according to an Oregon State University study that analyzed the poop of whales feeding off the Oregon coast. The researchers determined that the whales now consume an average of 21 million microplastic particles per day.
Ocean microplastics can negatively impact any marine life, but gray whales are particularly at risk because they’re “filter feeders” whose diet primarily consists of tiny invertebrates called plankton. Filter feeder whales use a series
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