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BirdsOct. 6, 2022, 8:07 p.m.

Effect of oil spills on seabirds

The research team from the Marine Ecology Group in UCC in Ireland collected feathers from Manx shearwaters. The result of this study discovered that the extremely thin oil sheens, between 0.1 and 3 micrometers in thickness, were enough to have a significant effect on feather structure and impact waterproofing.

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