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A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures
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Teaching Your Students About Marine Debris: a Classroom Activity

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Pile of Plastic Trash
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Plastic Trash Looms

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A four-foot long fish sculpture has fins and tail made with recycled rakes.
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The Rakefish Project

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Pile of Plastic Trash
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Plastic Trash Plagues the Ocean

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an autonomous underwater vehicle
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REMUS the Robot

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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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Bits of Plastic Marine Debris

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One-meter-tall plastic drifters are released into the Gulf of Mexico in 2012. Over 300 of these drifters were released and their location information was sent to researchers every five minutes through GPS satellite.
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CARTHE Drifters: Where does oil go when it is spilled?

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Much of the plastic comes from litter on land, which washes down storm drains and eventually makes it to the ocean. Some bits are from fishing nets and lines discarded by fishing boats.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 7

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plastic bottles, cans, a yellow hard hat, and other human refuse litters a tropical beach
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Bring Your Own Container to Avoid Trash

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A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral
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A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

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Artist Chris Jordan, who took these photos, is making a documentary about Laysan albatrosses on Midway Atoll and their plastic problem. Watch the trailer.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 10

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Laysan albatross chicks are fed and raised by their parents for 180 days, until they are almost fully grown. Some older “chicks” are as large as their parents!
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 8

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