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Taking a Closer Look at Marine Debris in Your Backyard
Here’s hoping your backyard doesn’t look like this: debris scattered on the ocean floor near the Pacific Islands. (NOAA) Check out NOAA’s Marine Debris Blog for their ongoing series, Marine Debris in...
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NOAA Lifts 14 Metric Tons of Fishing Nets and Plastics from Hawaiian Coral Reefs
NOAA Fisheries Biologist Matthew Parry also contributed to this post. Lost or discarded fishing nets frequently get lodged on corals and smother or break the corals underneath them. Here, a diver...
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Join the International Coastal Cleanup and Clean up a Beach Near You
Help pick up marine debris where you live on September 21 with the International Coastal Cleanup. Marine debris is a global problem, even for places like the middle of the U.S. or a remote Pacific...
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Celebrate and Protect the Ocean with us on World Ocean Day
Learn about, explore, and protect your ocean — our ocean. (NOAA) At NOAA’s National Ocean Service, we’re honoring all things ocean the entire month of June, but if you have only one day to spare, make...
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Follow Along as NOAA Clears the Waters of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Two members of the NOAA dive team remove derelict fishing gear from a reef at Midway Atoll during the 2013 marine debris removal cruise. (NOAA) Turquoise waters, vibrant coral reefs, white sand...
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How Beach Cleanups Help Keep Microplastics out of the Garbage Patches
Cleaning up a few plastic bottles on a beach can make a big difference when it comes to keeping microplastics from entering the ocean. (NOAA) These days plastic seems to be everywhere; unfortunately,...
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What Do We Know Today About Microbeads and Microplastics in the Ocean?
Microbeads are tiny pieces of polyethylene plastic added to health and beauty products, such as some cleansers and toothpastes. They can pass through wastewater treatment processes and end up in the...
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Innovative Solutions to Tackling Plastic Pollution in the Ocean
This week, we’re exploring the problem of plastics in our ocean and the solutions that are making a difference. To learn more about #OceanPlastics this week, keep your eye on Facebook, Twitter,...
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What You Can Do to Keep Plastic out of the Ocean
This week, we’re exploring the problem of plastics in our ocean and the solutions that are making a difference. To learn more about #OceanPlastics this week, keep your eye on Facebook, Twitter,...
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In Florida, Rallying Citizen Scientists to Place an Ocean-Sized Problem Under...
This week, we’re exploring the problem of plastics in our ocean and the solutions that are making a difference. To learn more about #OceanPlastics this week, keep your eye on Facebook, Twitter,...
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