据报道，研究浮游生物的专家理查德•科比 A scientist has filmed the moment plastic microfibre is ingested by plankton, illustrating how the material is affecting life beneath the waves.

一位科学家拍到了浮游生物吞食塑料微细纤维的画面，说明塑料如何影响海洋里的生物。

The footage shows one way that waste plastic could be entering the marine and global food chain.

这则录像显示了塑料废物进入海洋和全球食物链的一种方式。

An estimated 150 million tonnes of plastic "disappears" from the world's waste stream each year.

据估计，每年有1.5亿吨塑料从被污染的流域“消失”。

Waste plastic in the world's seas has been recognised by the United Nations as a major environmental problem.

联合国将海洋废弃塑料看作是一个重大的环境问题。

"When I saw it, I thought that here was something, visually, to convey to the public the problem of plastic in the sea," said Richard Kirby, who recorded the footage.

视频的录制者理查德•科比称，“当我看到这段时，我认为它从视觉上让公众了解了海洋塑料的问题。”

"What intrigues me is that because the fibre has made a loop inside the animal's gut, you can actually see the consequences of something as small as the arrow worm consuming microplastic.

“让我感兴趣的是，塑料纤维在箭虫的腹中结成环状，你可以看到和箭虫一样大小的生物摄入了微细塑料后的结果。”

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