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    Eating plastic makes for smaller mussels

    25 March, 202220 September, 2022

    RMIT researcher calls for reducing ‘microplastics’ in bathroom products Mussels in Port Phillip Bay near Melbourne are ingesting microscopic pieces of plastic used in cosmetics. And it’s affecting their ability to grow and reproduce, an RMIT University eco-toxicologist has found. The microplastics travel from our bathroom sinks to the ocean, where they are easily confused…

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    Food and housing crisis for Melbourne’s native bees

    8 December, 20219 March, 2022

    City gardens often don’t have the right types of food and homes for native bees and flies, with knock-on effects for our gardens and for biodiversity. Urban ecologist Katherine Berthon from RMIT University found that only 43% of flowers in the Melbourne city gardens she studied were being used by bees and other pollinating insects.

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