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Tiny jellies in a petri dish.

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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By now, you have probably heard of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The name...

April 2015

Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.

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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

Any floating object in the ocean tends to attract life; fishermen know this and...

July 2013

Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.

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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

Lately we’ve been fielding questions from Smithsonian visitors wondering how they...

June 2010