Ocean Plastic Is Creating New Communities of Life on the High Seas

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Coastal Organisms Thrive on Floating Plastic Debris in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” by Kristen Goodhue Watch: Marine biologist Linsey Haram describes how she studies life floating on plastic pollution that nonprofits and citizen scientists collect from the Pacific Ocean. Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean—by […]

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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:21:56 +0000

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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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