Sentences with phrase «plastic marine debris»

A traveling exhibit featuring massive, colorful sculptures of familiar ocean animals including reef fishes, sharks, octopus, penguins, sea lions and more made entirely of plastic marine debris removed from West Coast beaches.

This Saturday, Sept. 23, Shedd Aquarium will unveil 10 new arrivals — giant sea life sculptures made entirely from plastic marine debris.

Stella the Seahorse, a sculpture made entirely of plastic marine debris removed from Pacific Coast beaches, is part of the collection of art made entirely of trash that offers Shedd visitors a powerful, visual reality of the proliferation of plastic pollution in the world's waterways through representations of marine animals using thousands of pieces of plastic in every color of the rainbow.

Population size and the quality of waste management systems largely determine which countries contribute the greatest mass of uncaptured waste available to become plastic marine debris.

Thiel will establish a research network to expand scientific knowledge about the sources and impacts of plastic marine debris in Latin America, including its potential to transport invasive species.

Found plastic marine debris, South Point, Hawaii.

The 179 - page report on plastic marine debris is one of several documents released in time for the United Nations Environment Assembly, which kicked off Monday in Nairobi, Kenya.

The American Chemistry Council, a long - time proponent of both plastics and the «better living through chemistry» story, purported to address plastic marine debris at today's event.

People often ask, «What is the most concerning form of plastic marine debris?

The wreaths currently hang nearby 15 giant sea life sculptures from the Washed Ashore collection, which are made entirely from plastic marine debris.

«Large - scale removal of plastic marine debris is not going to be cost - effective and quite likely simply unfeasible,» said Geyer.

Tiny plankton and bits of plastic commingle in this water sample taken in the vicinity of the so - called «Great Pacific Garbage Patch,» a large area in the North Pacific Ocean known for accumulations of plastic marine debris.

In her new solo show Material Drift, Pam Longobardi spotlights the plastic marine debris that litters our beaches, kills marine wildlife, and forms giant garbage patches in the oceans....