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Images (19)

  • Trail of plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Trail of plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Motagua River, Guatemala, plastic pollution
    Motagua River, Guatemala, plastic pollution
  • Plastic pollution washed up on a beach in Dominican Republic
    Plastic pollution washed up on a beach in Dominican Republic
  • Motagua River, Guatemala, plastic pollution
    Motagua River, Guatemala, plastic pollution
  • A young monk seal on Laysan Island holds a plastic fragment in his mouth. Photo credits: Matthew Chauvin
    A young monk seal on Laysan Island holds a plastic fragment in his mouth. Photo credits: Matthew Chauvin
  • A bird surrounded by ocean plastic on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Photo credits: Matthew Chauvin
    A bird surrounded by ocean plastic on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. **Photo credits: Matthew Chauvin**
  • Plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Plastic debris washed up from a river in Indonesia.
    Plastic debris washed up from a river in Indonesia.
  • Plastic bottles floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Plastic bottles floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  • Crate dating back to the 1977 from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, caught during the Mega Expedition (2015).
    Crate dating back to the 1977 from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, caught durign the Mega Expedition (2015).
  • Hard hat (1989) from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, caught during the Mega Expedition (2015)
    Hard hat (1989) from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, caught during the Mega Expedition (2015)
  • Nintendo Gameboy piece (1995) from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, caught during the Mega Expedition (2015)
    Nintendo Gameboy piece (1995) from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, caught during the Mega Expedition (2015)
  • River plastic in Guatemala
    River plastic in Guatemala
  • River plastic in Guatemala
    River plastic in Guatemala
  • River pollution in Malaysia
    River pollution in Malaysia
  • Waste on a river bank, Myanmar, September 2016
    Waste on a river bank, Myanmar, September 2016
  • Waste on a river bank, Myanmar, September 2016
    Several million tons of plastic waste enter our oceans yearly. Rivers are widely believed to be the arteries that carry waste from land to the ocean. Plastic waste entering a river in Myanmar.
  • The crew retrieves a large ghostnet from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, November 2018.
    The crew retrieves a large ghostnet from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, November 2018.
  • Ghostnet hauled aboard during Mega Expedition 2015
    Ghostnet hauled aboard during Mega Expedition 2015

Illustrations (5)

  • 1.6 million square kilometers, three times the size of France - Illustration (gif)
    1.6 million square kilometers, three times the size of France - Illustration (gif)
  • 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic - Illustration (gif)
    1.8 trillion pieces of plastic - Illustration (gif)
  • How plastic pollution travels up the food chain
    How plastic pollution travels up the food chain
  • The 5 ocean gyres, where currents converge forming a vortex for plastic to circulate in.
    The 5 ocean gyres, where currents converge forming a vortex for plastic to circulate in.

Video footage (1)

  • River plastic pollution in Malaysia
    River Pollution Footage
    1m33 2,2 GB

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