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a thick multicolored oil sheen on the water inside a boat marina
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Oil on the Water

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a seastar
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Oil’s Impact on Marine Invertebrates

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A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures
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Design Your Own Bag

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Woods Hole researchers sample oil from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico
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Woods Hole Scientists Respond to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

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animation of scan of ocean floor
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Science in a Time of Crisis: Searching for the Plume

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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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Ocean plastic, and marine debris generally, comes from a variety of sources--both direct and indirect.
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Where Does Marine Debris Come From?

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A diver cares for the reef by cleaning up discarded fishing gear and garbage.
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Diver Cleaning Up Reef

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A photo of plastic trash floating in the water, taken from below the surface.
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Marine Debris

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A screenshot from the video "Diver Encounters a Floating Garbage Patch" that shows a view from below of small bits of plastic floating on the surface of the water.
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Diver Encounters a Floating Garbage Patch

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A tiny larval (baby) starfish.
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The Invisible Loss: The Impacts of Oil You Do Not See

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Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
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Oiled Seaweed after the Gulf Oil Spill

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