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Cleaning Bonaire's Beaches

Bonaire, a small Caribbean island just north of Venezuela, is routinely ranked as a...

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Plastic Bag Bans Work

There is a huge amount of plastic trash floating in the ocean, which endangers...

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How Laws Around the World Help Improve Ocean Health

Solving environmental problems often starts with small groups of people working to...

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Washed Ashore: From Beach Trash to Ocean Art

From a distance, Henry the Fish looks like a typical quirky and colorful sculpture...

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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem

Laysan albatrosses (Phoebastria immutabilis) are incredible birds. They have a...

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Whale Rescue

When a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale becomes entangled in...

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The Making of a Marlin

Watch how a group of 9 staff members and 487 volunteers from Washed Ashore, a...

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Turning Nets Into Carpet

There are many plastic nets floating in the world's ocean. Some of them were lost...

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Impacts of Marine Debris

Human-created debris finds its way to some of the most remote corners of the globe...

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Recycled Fishing Gear Converted into Energy

Instead of adding castaway fishing nets to already crowded landfills, Hawaii’s...

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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...

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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

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