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Workers contracted by BP load oily waste onto a trailer on Elmer's Island, just west of Grand Isle, La., May 21, 2010.
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Workers

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An environmental chemist collects samples of oil in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon spill. The resulting chemical “fingerprint” of the oil will help determine the origin of other samples.
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Oil Samples in the Gulf

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Three Killer whales (Orca) swim along side researchers.
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Researchers Studying Killer Whales

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The colorful parrotfish sculpture is made entirely of ocean plastic trash.
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Turning Ocean Trash to Treasure

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A group of students pick up trash along the coast of Guyana during the Ocean Conservancy's 2012 Coastal Cleanup.
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Picking Up Trash Along the Coast

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Lost nets become entangled on a coral reef in the NW Hawaiian Islands, doing damage for decades. Wave action on the net breaks pieces of coral off until the net breaks, when it is free to catch on new reefs and do more damage.
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Lost Nets Hurt Coral Reefs

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Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
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Oiled Seaweed after the Gulf Oil Spill

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An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf Oil Spill

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The currents of the North Pacific gyre collect trash—mostly bits of microscopic plastic—into what are known as "garbage patches."
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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A screenshot of a GIF showing Bart Simpson exclaiming "I have the answer!"
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Do You Have The Answer? Sharing Big Data in the Gulf of Mexico

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib
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Five Questions for Richard Carson, Natural Resource Economist

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Tiny jellies in a petri dish.
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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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