Microplastic Marine Debris Fact Sheet

… Microplastic Marine Debris Fact Sheet … Our ocean and Great Lakes are polluted with a wide variety of marine … particles that can’t be seen with the naked eye. These microplastics are found throughout the ocean, from tropical … air we breathe.  Learn more about the different types of microplastics, where they come from, and what you can do to …
Fact Sheets   08/22/2024 - 11:14

Bolus Analysis

… of Oikonos, in partnership with NOAA’s Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument .  … ambassadors for a clean ocean because they traverse vast oceanic regions searching for floating food. Along their …
California, Pacific Islands   Curricula   09/05/2024 - 16:16

Plastic Marine Debris Clean Up, Recycling, and Recovery in Southeast Alaska

… The Ocean Plastics Recovery team is working with local and regional groups to remove debris from remote shorelines in Southeast Alaska, integrating and evaluating emerging recycling technologies for … Southeast Alaska, gathering debris that will be processed and shipped for disposal, while maximizing the amount …
Removal   Alaska   02/07/2025 - 15:30

The Economic Impacts of Marine Debris on Tourism-Dependent Communities

… The tourism and recreation sector is the largest employer in the ocean and Great Lakes economy. This sector relies heavily on healthy coastal and ocean resources as well as the aesthetic …
Research   California, Great Lakes, Gulf of America, Mid-Atlantic   02/19/2025 - 14:34

Marine Debris Removal in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

… Marine Debris Removal in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National … fully protected marine conservation area on the planet and spans 582,578 square miles, an area larger than all the … Past Mission Partners Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research and University of Hawai‘i (… NOAA …
Removal   Pacific Islands   02/26/2025 - 14:46

Creative and Colorful Corals

… one of the most important ecosystems on our planet. Thousands of species rely on reefs for survival, and millions of people worldwide also depend on coral reefs … Reef Ecosystems Resource Collection from the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries  Coral Reef Facts from the NOAA …
08/06/2024 - 13:23

After the Survey: Entering Data and Reflecting on the Experience

… database. Your class only needs one account to enter data, and data should only be entered once for each survey you … an account. This website also contains data visualization and exploration tools! For detailed instructions, visit the … to watch MDMAP Training Video 4: Categorizing Debris and Uploading Data before entering your data into the …
07/25/2024 - 11:43

Raising Awareness of Tourism Debris in Quintana Roo, Mexico

… provided the NOAA Marine Debris Program funding to prevent and reduce marine debris in the North American region. … and reduce marine debris, including plastic litter and microplastics, in order to preserve human health and marine and coastal ecosystems, prevent the loss …
Prevention   04/11/2025 - 16:24

Is MDMAP Right for Your Students?

… Marine debris is a widespread pollution problem in the ocean and waterways. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris …
08/15/2024 - 14:13

Protecting the Vaquita Porpoise in Mexico Through Fishing Net Removal

… provided the NOAA Marine Debris Program funding to prevent and reduce marine debris in the North American region. … and reduce marine debris, including plastic litter and microplastics, in order to preserve human health and marine and coastal ecosystems, prevent the loss …
Removal   04/11/2025 - 16:25

The Marine Debris Act

… The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program is …
Who We Are   02/27/2024 - 21:08

Mitigating Microplastics

… Mitigating Microplastics … Students use a graphic organizer to review existing solutions to microplastic marine debris, and brainstorm feasible, actionable solutions to microplastics. They discuss challenges to implementing …
Pacific Northwest   Curricula Chapter   05/16/2024 - 12:39

Do plastics go away when they're in the ocean or Great Lakes?

… fully go away? Full degradation into carbon dioxide, water, and inorganic molecules is called mineralization (Andrady 2003). Most commonly used plastics do not mineralize … down into smaller and smaller pieces. We call these pieces “microplastics” if they are less than 5mm long. The rate of …
11/18/2019 - 13:35

Ocean's Deadliest Catch

… on their school grounds,“x” number of miles from the ocean and compare the quantity of plastic in the sample with a … it empties into the ocean. in addition, students will build and deploy marine drifters at a place along the river and retreive them at the mouth of the river, to determine …
Pacific Northwest   Curricula Chapter   05/16/2024 - 12:28

Northwest Straits Initiative Puget Sound Derelict Net Removal

… Straits Initiative, supported by NOAA, state agencies, and many others, has removed lost and abandoned fishing nets from the inland ocean waters of Puget …
Removal   Pacific Northwest   03/11/2025 - 15:45