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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Interactive
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Interactive

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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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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

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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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A sunset over Boston Harbor.
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Signs of a Recovering Harbor

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A sunset over Boston Harbor.
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Sunset over Boston Harbor

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Trash Sculpture on the Beach in Bonaire
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Marine Debris: Trash Travels, But You Can Help Stop It

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Cleaning up abandoned fishing nets
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Upcycled Ocean Plastic

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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 sculpture of a giant octopus made of ocean debris
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Octavia the Octopus

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Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative researchers collect samples from a Pensacola Beach with oil layers in the sand. They use genomics to track how the communities of microbes change as they digest different components of oil after a spill.
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Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts

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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
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How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a Spill

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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
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Moon Jellyfish With Oil & Mucus

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