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A team from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project, a Hawaiʻi-based nonprofit organization, returned to Honolulu on Wednesday, with 86,100 pounds of marine debris removed from shallow coral reefs and shorelines of the islands and atolls within Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. 

‘Forget about supermarket bags or plastic bottles — this is far bigger.’ Can science deliver substitutes?

Fibreglass revolutionized boating, but decades later, discarded and degraded vessels are adding to marine pollution. We can do something about it.

Fiberglass revolutionized boating, but decades later, discarded and degraded vessels are adding to marine pollution. We can do something about it.

Plastic, wood, fishing nets and buoys are just some of the waste that washes up on even the most remote parts of Alaska’s coastline. Now, programs aimed

Surprisingly, there are a number of human-caused activities that are killing whales in 2023, all of which could easily be prevented or at least ameliorated.

According to NASA, orbital debris is an increasingly serious issue that could impede access to space and complicate communication satellite operations

In Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, it was estimated that there were 6,000 derelict boats in southwest part of the state. In most cases, boat owners don’t know resources are available to remove them because until recently there weren’t many.

Commercial fishermen have been offered a bounty to collect derelict fishing gear, often the culprit of the death of marine animals, and bring the debris back to shore.

Airborne microplastics indoors also pose a threat to humans, which inhale thousands of these particles each year, according to the study.