Pacific bird refuge struggles as ocean garbage patch grows
https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/nov/10/pacific-bird-refuge-struggles-as-ocean-garbage-patch-grows/Plastic sits Oct. 22 in the decomposed carcass of a seabird on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In one of the most remote places on Earth, Midway Atoll is a wildlife sanctuary that should be a safe haven for seabirds and other marine animals. Instead, creatures here struggle to survive as their bellies fill with plastic from faraway places. (Photos by Caleb Jones/Associated Press)