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Dolphin Awareness Month – NCCOS scientists helped document the first record of microplastics in dolphins

Aerial view of a group of bottlenose dolphins swimming.Did you know that NCCOS has a coastal marine mammal assessment team in Charleston, SC? Our researchers helped document the first record of microplastics in North American common bottlenose dolphins. 

https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/first-record-of-microplastics-in-north-american-bottlenose-dolphins-published/