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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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Satellite view of Earth.
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Earth Day, Spawned from the Sea

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Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

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Fish swim around the wreck of the HMT Bedfordshire, an Arctic fishing trawler that was converted into an anti-submarine warship during World War II, and sunk off the coast of North Carolina.
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Underwater WWII Wrecks – Pollution or Cultural Heritage?

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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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An environmental chemist collects samples of oil in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon spill. The resulting chemical “fingerprint” of the oil will help determine the origin of other samples.
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Oil Samples in the Gulf

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Marine Ecologist Jeremy Jackson
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Marine Ecologist Jeremy Jackson Discusses Oil Spills

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Researchers on a boat try to to catch an oiled pelican in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.
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Netting an oiled pelican in the Gulf of Mexico

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An autonomous underwater vehicle from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) being launched from the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in Gulf of Mexico

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Oil leaks from cars and other vehicles contribute to ocean pollution.
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Oil Leak on Roadway

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