Environment

A remote island should have been untouched by human waste. But when scientists picked up dead seabirds from Lord Howe Island in Australia, they heard a crunch. Not bones breaking—but plastic. “You hear the crunch. You feel the crunch. It is gut-wrenching.” – Jennifer Lavers, Lead Researcher (People Magazine) 在没有工业污染的人迹罕至之地，理应是自然宁静的避风港。 但科学家在澳洲的豪勋爵岛捡起死去的海鸟时，却听到了“咔嚓”的声音——不是骨头碎裂，而是塑料在鸟体内碎裂的声音。 “你听得到，也感觉得到那种咔嚓声，令人心碎。” ——Jennifer Lavers, 研究人员（原报道）…