Sentences with phrase «of marine debris»

The quantity of marine debris is increasing in oceans world - wide.

It has also been impacted by an influx of marine debris, causing changes in its wildlife populations.

Over 10 sacks of marine debris were collected including shoes, fishing nets, plastic bags and even a plastic chair!

Mark DION Cabinet of Marine Debris 2014 cabinet; wood, glass, metal, paint assorted marine debris; plastic, rope 113 x 84 x 32 inches; 287 x 213.4 x 81.3 cm

A briefing to the 64th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, in Panama, on the impacts of marine debris on cetaceans..

Sponsored by the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward and the Anchorage Museum, the expedition will visit islands in Resurrection Bay to study the impact of marine debris on various ecosystems, a subject at the center of the Georgia State University professor's work.

Currently, as Nash explains in the short promotional video below, 75 to 95 percent of marine debris found in and around the reef is plastic.

Guests visiting The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, CA, throughout 2013 can experience The Ghost Below, a thought - provoking, year - long art exhibition that explores the harmful effects of marine debris.

A recent survey of the marine debris plaguing the island, home to the largest albatross colony in the world, is helping researchers understand the sources of this far - flung pollution.

«We realised that our buoys are in fact a kind of marine debris,» says Nikolai Maximenko of the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, who collaborated with 5 Gyres researchers to identify which areas of the ocean should have especially high levels of plastic pollution.

A mass of marine debris discovered in a giant sinkhole in the Hawaiian islands provides evidence that at least one mammoth tsunami, larger than any in Hawaii's recorded history, has struck the islands, and that a similar disaster could happen again, new research finds.

Working with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, they are currently finishing up a detailed study of the effects of a particularly large piece of marine debris — a shipping container that fell off a ship in 2004.

«There is huge potential for the amount of marine debris in the oceans to increase significantly,» said lead author James Carlton, an invasive species expert with the Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport in Connecticut.

To determine the amount of plastic going into the ocean, Jambeck «started it off beautifully with a very grand model of all sources of marine debris,» said study co-author Roland Geyer, an associate professor with the University of California, Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, who teamed with Jambeck and others to develop the estimates.

As acknowledged by The Honolulu Strategy: A Global Framework for Prevention and Management of Marine Debris, developing and promoting compliance with waste management legislation and policies would increase capacity and infrastructure.

Ishan also organised a Dive Against Debris where we collected 52 kg of marine debris from Kareko Pasir dive site with the help of our guests and staff, all in support of Project Aware's Debris month of Action this September.

Yep, that's right — We did a coordinated dive against debris in all of our dive centres on the same day hauling in a total of 119 kilos of marine debris!

In addition to improving conditions on the island, the event was also intended to raise awareness about the troubling issue of marine debris currently plaguing our oceans.

Over 900 lbs of marine debris was collected during the day as volunteers paddled back and forth from the beach to the Island Packers boat.

Working with the Gulf of Alaska keepers from remote islands in Alaska, I recently had the opportunity to collect a variety of marine debris.

The Honolulu Commitment called upon organizations and agencies throughout the world to contribute to the effort to evaluate and address the problem of marine debris.

All fish do better with less plastic in the ocean, and Congressman Schiff is a cosponsor of the Marine Debris Act as well.

Recycled - plastic boats have been all the rage this year, but though sculptor Anna Hepler was inspired by the same massive area of marine debris that led would - be ocean

«Gyre: The Plastic Ocean,» installation view of Mark Dion's «Cabinet of Marine Debris» and Andy Hughes» UFO Plastic Gyre Series Circularity Series at the Anchorage Museum.

The UNEP reports that today 80 percent of all marine debris that washes ashore — such as trash and toxic matter — originally comes from shore - based activities that could have begun with innocent fun, such as picnics and beach outings and the like.

Everything from the cause and effect of marine debris, to why / how we recycle and inforgraphic hand - outs for local communities to learn from.

For one hour only we clean the beach to rid it of marine debris and litter, and are rewarded with an ice cold beer for your great effort and passion!

Among the works on view will be Swoon's handmade raft, Old Hickory, 2009, Mark Dion's Cabinet of Marine Debris, 2013, Bas Jan Ader's installation, In Search of the Miraculous, 1975, Simon Starling's large format projection, Autoxylopyrocycloboros, 2006, and detailed models by R. Buckminster Fuller (Triton City Model, 1980), Pedro Reyes (Floating Pyramid, 2004), and Cesar Harada (Protei 010.9 Mini Cargo, 2014).

Mark Dion, Cabinet of Marine Debris, 2014.

According to the One World One Ocean Campaign, 50 - 80 % of marine debris is plastic, which breaks down into smaller pieces, but never fully goes away.