- Insects that skate on the ocean benefit from plastic junk | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
Insects that skate on the ocean benefit from plastic junk | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine:
Another one from the “unintended consequences†pile…
There are only five species of sea skaters, all belonging to the Halobates group. Of all the millions of insect species, these five are the only ones to live out at sea. Now, Goldstein has discovered that one sea skater Halobates sericeus actually benefits from what most people would regard as an ecological disaster – the circling mass of plastic and debris known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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