… Come From? Marine debris comes from many different sources and enters the ocean in many ways. Intentional littering and dumping are a big cause of marine debris. Sometimes the … Talk … Marine debris comes from many different sources and enters the ocean in many ways. Intentional littering and …
… Debris On March 11, 2011, a devastating 9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. The disaster claimed nearly 16,000 lives, injured 6,000, and destroyed or damaged countless buildings. Unfortunately, … debris that the tsunami washed into the ocean reached U.S. and Canadian shores. Following the tsunami, NOAA worked …
… The Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association teamed up with the NOAA Marine Debris Program to capture, remove, and prevent future accumulations of trash and marine debris … Association (SWIA) worked with staff from the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (TRNERR) and California …
… Japan Tsunami Marine Debris at Sea: A Synthesis of Efforts and Lessons-Learned … This report synthesizes actions and lessons learned by the NationalOceanicandAtmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the …
… want to swim at a beach littered with trash? Of course not. And the animals who live in the ocean don't either - the … tangled in debris, from fishing nets to six-pack rings and many mistake plastic debris for food, and eat it. This fills their stomachs with junk they can't …
… Weathering Stormy Waters Salvaging Solutions to Abandoned and Derelict Vessels is a monthly online webinar series … (OR&R) Scott Lundgren is the Director of NOAA’s OR&R in the National Ocean Service. Before coming to NOAA in 2015, Scott …
… Marine Debris Prevention Projects and Activities in the Republic of Korea and United States … … Ministry of Land, Transport, and Maritime Affairs and the NationalOceanicandAtmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris …
… Investigating Oceanic Garbage Patches (USVI) … Students will learn about … happens to floating marine debris (surface, near surface, and in the water column) that doesn’t get collected during … will apply knowledge of oceanic water movement to understand why trash gets trapped in specific areas in the Atlantic …
… Modeling Oceanic Transport of Floating Marine Debris … Understanding the movement of debris allows us to have a better grasp on how it might distribute and accumulate within our ocean and on our shores.This …
… The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. is home to Wendy and Tinkerbell, two brown pelicans found entangled in fishing line in Florida. The Zoo acquired Wendy and Tinkerbell in 2001, since they could not be released …
… Nations and Neighbors … Students will develop map skills by locating various nations on a globe or map, and by identifying various oceans. As a class, students discuss how an international treaty about marine pollution (MARPOL Annex V) …
… Marine Debris Impacts on Coastal and Benthic Habitats … Marine debris produces a wide variety of environmental, economic, safety, health, and cultural impacts and is rapidly achieving … recognition as a key anthropogenic threat to global oceanic ecosystems. A central theme of research on habitat …
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