Photo essay: the blight of plastic pollution
As part of The Ferret’s Scotland’s Seas in Danger series, our co-editor Billy Briggs, and photographer Angela Catlin, have been travelling across Scotland to document pressing problems…
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Scientists find highest ever level of microplastics in Scotland’s waters
Scientists have found the highest ever level of microplastics in Scottish waters, The Ferret can reveal.
Scotland’s Seas in Danger – part three
As 2025 draws to an end The Ferret is pleased to announce the final part of a major investigation, which we’ll be publishing over the next week.
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