{"id":11360,"date":"2025-09-09T09:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/11360\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:05:08","slug":"why-plastic-filled-neptune-balls-are-washing-up-on-beaches-seagrass-and-ocean-pollution-explained-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/11360\/","title":{"rendered":"Why plastic-filled Neptune balls are washing up on beaches: Seagrass and ocean pollution explained &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why plastic-filled Neptune balls are washing up on beaches: Seagrass and ocean pollution explained<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of India<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxNUjJ3SVNkQ2hlN3NuU3RzSF9MMkt3bU5CSWdvOHh6bUdCY3lXNHkzSnM2YVBSUGV2SllpOXYxa3VDdXVKenh2LWduOXFQZ212MkZvd3Uxc0ZCUXhrMUxyd2hzWG9Iejk0dUppUVpCSE16ZzJiY2VXQi1GZGY1MmpNUWRLQVd0S19Bbmw3ZkVVZkd4SUlnTmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Experts uncover surprising impact behind mysterious &#8216;Neptune balls&#8217; washing up on beaches: &#8216;We&#8217;ve never seen them&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;yahoo.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQYVVWX2duRE5rWnI5REp5OGJodzFZSjJrYmJPOGR0OUJJd2hwZzBNcXZsbFhnRk1TUk5xUElReW41eU93VGhOdzRsVHZzUzNIdHg2bGFrZktHd0ZYTEhCdzloZVBTemhwS0RIeV9DN3RIajE3YXZWSTBOeE5kSFNqemZ3UzBfQk1LRU52NGxWM2hIeUx5N3NYQ2VRbXVETUFmRlJJcXBLWEVycFZocHNpZnNDbHk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Odd Neptune balls are popping up on beaches. What are they?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MSN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQakpwaG5JZTRYM0Z3Y1o0dWZFakZlemhlM0FoWDROU2lpOFBPMXFDU0RjZW4zQTVEcGI5OXF4dWpGbFBiR2t5cWJpeDJJdU9YdHFJT0xISVFhWUxhRldIZWNBb0pwWTQ5clNMSC1lZWRvbU1keXNMdS1NSHdCdi1nQVc5WUJNM2VKSXV1WjRWODhIS203X1djUmlqQWp3S0tqdTdmZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;It&#8217;s a way of the sea returning the trash to us&#8217;: Why plastic-filled &#8216;Neptune balls&#8217; are washing up on beaches<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why plastic-filled Neptune balls are washing up on beaches: Seagrass and ocean pollution explained&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of IndiaExperts uncover&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-11360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}