Europe and the United Kingdom has recently experienced an unusually high number of rain storms. In the wake of this record rainfall, they have been experiencing an unusual backlash. Strong winds from the storm has pushed litter and debris on shore.
“The most recent run of bad weather has changed beaches drastically,” Claire Wallerstein, the chairman of a UK environmental group. “(It’s) giving us a scary glimpse of how much trash is really out there, which sea life has to contend with.”
"The Marine Conservation Society, which is undertaking next month’s beach clean-up, tells The Guardian that hundreds of thousands of dead and dying seabirds being washed ashore onto the English, French and Spanish coasts. The birds have become entangled with a large amount of trash, including plastic and cigarette butts."
http://www.weather.com/news/europe-storms-uk-beaches-littered-trash-dead-animals-20140307
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