What a dolphin’s death in Kerala reveals about India’s marine plastic pollution
Necropsy of an endangered Indian Ocean humpback dolphin that washed ashore on Kozhikode beach recently reveals fatal plastic fishing net ingestion, highlighting growing threats from marine pollution…
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