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Researchers at Oregon State University estimate that gray whales are consuming between 6.5 and 21 million microparticles per day.

Researchers at Oregon State University estimate that gray whales are consuming between 6.5 and 21 million microparticles per day. The study, which was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, involved analyzing the poop of gray whales as well as the prey, zooplankton, to determine their daily consumption of microparticles. The researchers looked...