The long-story short (pun alert) is:

Short studies won't cut it.

Read the paper "Abrupt Recent Increases in Plastic Ingestion by Sable Shearwaters" in @agu.org's Earth's Future (open access):
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#SeabirdScience #PlasticPollution #ornithology