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    Marine plastic pollution is a type of marine pollution by plastics, ranging in size from large original material such as bottles and bags, down to microplastics...
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    Plastic pollution Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment...
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    marine pollution can be grouped as pollution from marine debris, plastic pollution, including microplastics, ocean acidification, nutrient pollution,...
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    water pollution has caused serious negative effects such as discarded fishing nets capturing animals, concentration of plastic debris in massive marine garbage...
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    Plastic pellet pollution is a type of marine debris originating from the plastic particles that are universally used to manufacture large-scale plastics...
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    by the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 Derraik, José G.B (2002). "The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris:...
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    activities affect marine life and marine habitats through overfishing, habitat loss, the introduction of invasive species, ocean pollution, ocean acidification...
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    Mediterranean Sea has been defined as one of the seas most affected by marine plastic pollution.[excessive citations] It has concentrations of microplastics which...
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    implications of climate change such as sea level rise, pollution, especially marine plastic pollution, and invasive species. The waters surrounding the Hawaiian...
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    legislation to phase out lightweight plastic bags, because plastic never fully breaks down, causing everlasting pollution of plastics and environmental impacts...
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    Ocean (redirect from Marine (ocean))
    marine pollution can be grouped as pollution from marine debris, plastic pollution, including microplastics, ocean acidification, nutrient pollution,...
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    marine pollution can be grouped as pollution from marine debris, plastic pollution, including microplastics, ocean acidification, nutrient pollution,...
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  • committee (INC) developing an international instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment" (PDF). United Nations Environment Programme...
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    Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities, that has a negative impact on their...
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  • The Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) is an advocacy group and social movement organization which seeks to reduce plastic pollution. PPC operates under...
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    neustonic micro- and meso-plastic particles and zooplankton in the Bay of Calvi (Mediterranean–Corsica)" (PDF). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 79 (1–2): 293–298...
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    exceptional example of marine pollution. The JUNK Raft Project was a 2008 trans-Pacific sailing voyage made to highlight the plastic in the patch, organized...
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    Sustainable Development Goal 14 (category Ocean pollution)
    marine plastic pollution. According to the 2020 report on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, "current efforts to protect key marine environments...
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  • "International policies to reduce plastic marine pollution from single-use plastics (plastic bags and microbeads): A review". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 118 (1–2):...
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    garbage patch is a gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by human populations. These...
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    Proietti, Maira; Thums, Michele; Pattiaratchi, Charitha (2013). "Marine plastic pollution in waters around Australia: characteristics, concentrations, and...
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  • address plastic pollution as a result of plastic cargo losses at sea. For example, marine insurance policies should factor in liability for marine plastic pollution...
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    Plasticosis (category Pollution)
    where plastic acts a similar persistent irritant leading to fibrosis. Marine plastic pollution Marine pollution Microplastics Plastic pollution Seabird...
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    J (2018-10-01). "Marine plastic pollution as a planetary boundary threat – The drifting piece in the sustainability puzzle". Marine Policy. 96: 213–220...
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    Plastic degradation in marine bacteria describes when certain pelagic bacteria break down polymers and use them as a primary source of carbon for energy...
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    Dirk; Walker, Tony R. (2018). "Reducing marine pollution from single-use plastics (SUPs): A review". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 137: 157–171. doi:10.1016/j...
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  • plastic pollution and citizen science. Liboiron directs the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR), an interdisciplinary plastic pollution...
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    one-off documentary for BBC One called Drowning In Plastic, looking at the problem of marine plastic pollution. In 2020 she presented a programme looking at...
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    current issues in ocean conservation, including overfishing and marine plastic pollution. Monterey Bay Aquarium opened in 1984 with 83 tanks in 12 galleries...
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    Parley for the Oceans, on their #BackourOceans initiative to combat marine plastic pollution. She also joined Ocean Unite's 30x30 mission to protect at least...
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