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Plastic-eating corals make reefs especially vulnerable to pollution

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United Press International (UPI)

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2015-02-24

CAIRNS, Australia, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Researchers studying the Great Barrier Reef have found that corals there don't discriminate between real prey like plankton and faux food like microplastics.

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http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/02/24/Plastic-eating-corals-make-reefs-especially-vulnerable-to-pollution/2161424803152/?spt=sec&or=sn