Monday, 31 January 2022

Plastics, Global Heating and Fish Growth?

Millions of tonnes of bisphenol a (BPA) are generated per annum in the manufacture of plastics. It is well-established that BPA is a hormone disrupter. A University of Sydney study has demonstrated that fish exposed to BPA in warmer waters, take longer to reach a given size (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/27/fish-growth-slowed-by-high-temperatures-and-plastic-chemical-bpa-research-shows). Climate change and pollution will make warmer waters with elevated BPA concentrations, increasingly common. The research suggests that marine productivity cycles will suffer major disruptions as a result.

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Birder's Bonus 241

Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.