Remote islands are often held up as vestiges of pristine wilderness. In stark contrast, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Henderson Island are drowning in piles of plastic.
A recent study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials estimates that more than half a million hermit crabs perish in accumulated plastic debris on the beaches of these heavily polluted remote islands alone each year.
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/02/plastic-trash-kills-half-a-million-hermit-crabs-on-remote-islands-each-year/
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