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The plastic includes big pieces, such as bottle caps and cigarette lighters, as well as plastic confetti, indiscernible to the human eye.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 6

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Laysan albatrosses will fly hundreds of miles to catch food to feed for their chicks. Or, rather, what looks like food: sometimes they catch floating plastic instead.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 5

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One study found that 97.5% of chicks had plastic in their stomachs, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 3

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Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 1

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This microscopic acantharian is a unicellular amoeba found in the open ocean.
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Marine Microbe from the Open Ocean

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The study area for the Gulf of Maine Area project, part of the Census of Marine Life.
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Census of Marine Life Gulf of Maine Area Project Study Area

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A transparent ctenophore with two long tentacles.
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Arctic Ctenophore with Long Tentacles

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Colorful Christmas tree worms
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A Forest of Christmas Tree Worms

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An octopus shoots ink in defense as it swims away from a scuba diver.
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Octopus Shoots Ink

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George Watters on the deck of a boat holding two fish.
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George Watters, Director of NOAA’s Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division

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Ellen Strong, Research Zoologist - Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Research Zoologist Ellen Strong

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David Bohaska, Museum Specialist - Vertebrate Paleontology, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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NMNH Paleobiology Collections Management David Bohaska

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