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A Yellow spotted trevally struggles to free itself from a fisherman's discarded net. Discarded nets continue to fish long after they have been lost, devastating the local fish populations and choking the life out of the reef on which it becomes entangled
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Trevally Dying in Ghost Net, Oman

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Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.These photos portray baby albatrosses, which are fed the plastic by their parents. A chick can have an ounce of plastic in its belly and remain healthy; the dead ch
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 2

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Algae has overtaken this coral reef off heavily populated Kiritimati, or Christmas Island.
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Unhealthy Coral Reef, Kiritimi, Line Islands

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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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Dark brown oil floods a marsh after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Oily Marsh after the Oil Spill

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A C-130 Hercules from the Air Force Reserve Command deploys dispersant into the Gulf of Mexico May 5, 2010, as part of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response effort.
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Dispersant Deployed From The Air

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A tiny yellow goby living inside an abandoned can on the seafloor; Suruga Bay, Japan
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Yellow Goby

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A diver cares for the reef by cleaning up discarded fishing gear and garbage.
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Diver Cleaning Up Reef

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A large, black instrument is hauled onto a ship's deck by researchers wearing hard hats and life vests.
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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Modeling the Gulf of Mexico

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A sculpture of a giant octopus made of ocean debris
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Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea

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A deep sea anglerfish called a dreamer
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The Gulf of Mexico: A Deep-Sea Treasure Trove of Fishes

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