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  • Plastic bags and other plastic pollutants are carried on tidal currents in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Plastic pollution is among the largest problems the ocean faces.
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  • Plastic bottles, bags and other plastic pollutants are carried on tidal currents in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Plastic pollution is among the largest problems the ocean faces.
    20180916-500_1584.jpg
  • Plastic bags and other plastic pollutants are carried on tidal currents in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Plastic pollution is among the largest problems the ocean faces.
    20180916-500_1578.jpg
  • A sargassum swimming crab (Portunus sayi) takes shelter in a drifting plastic bag. Ocean currents bring floating mats of sargassum and, increasingly, plastic and other debris together. It is estimated plastic will out-weigh fish by 2050 if trends continue. Image made off Contoy Island, Mexico.
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  • A large piece of black plastic, probably a former garbage bag, floats among sargassum seaweed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4401.jpg
  • A plastic bottle cap floating at the surface in the ocean off The Bahamas.
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  • A large plastic bottle cap floats at the surface among sargassum seaweed (sargassum natans) in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4235.jpg
  • Ocean hero Kristal Ambrose started the Bahamas Plastic Movement which resulted in a nation-wide ban on single-use plastic and styrofoam food containers.
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  • A plastic gift balloon and ribbon drift with sargassum in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean, International Waters.
    20190811-500_6229.jpg
  • A plastic bottle cap floats at the surface among sargassum seaweed (sargassum natans) in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4430.jpg
  • Triggerfish hide under a tangle of plastic fishing gear and sargassum seaweed in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean, International Waters.
    20190811-500_6007.jpg
  • A Grey tiggerfish (Balistes capriscus) hides in a large piece of plastic (likely an octopus trap) fishing gear among sargassum seaweed near the surface. Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4377.jpg
  • Plastic in the form of fishing nets and bags gets entangled in mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) roots in The Bahamas.
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  • Grey tiggerfish (Balistes capriscus) hide under a large piece of plastic while juvenile ocean triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen) swim among sargassum seaweed near the surface. Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4314.jpg
  • A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) next to plastic on a beach. Carcass Island, Falkland Islands.
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  • An invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) takes shelter near a discarded plastic oil container in The Bahamas.
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  • A large tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) and almaco jack fish (Seriola rivoliana) live under the cover of sargassum in the Sargasso Sea. Notice the plastic packing tie in the right of the frame. Image made in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, International Waters.
    20190811-500_6109.jpg
  • Two grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) fight over a large piece of plastic floating at the surface among sargassum seaweed (sargassum natans) in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Discarded plastic fishing nets pollute mangrove creek.
    2016_02_05HI014.jpg
  • An invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) takes shelter near a discarded plastic oil container in The Bahamas.
    Plastic
  • A sargassum swimming crab (Portunus sayi) takes shelter in a drifting plastic bag. Ocean currents bring floating mats of sargassum and, increasingly, plastic and other debris together. It is estimated plastic will out-weigh fish by 2050 if trends continue. Image made off Contoy Island, Mexico.
    2016_01_16Cancun019.jpg
  • In 5mm squares micro-pastics are sorted by a scientist. The sample was taken in International Waters in an area of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Sargasso Sea.
    20190803-500_5392.jpg
  • Actor and advocate Shailene Woodley finding and collecting plastic in the Sargasso Sea. In her hand we see a plastic shotgun shell in red and a piece of black garbage bag.
    20190802-500_4900.jpg
  • Ocean hero Kristal Ambrose, who started the Bahamas Plastic Movement which resulted in a nation-wide ban on single-use plastic and styrofoam food containers, holds plastics found within just a couple minutes on her island's beach.
    20200125-501_9446.jpg
  • Ocean hero Kristal Ambrose started the Bahamas Plastic Movement which resulted in a nation-wide ban on single-use plastic and styrofoam food containers.
    20200125-501_9415.jpg
  • Plastic garbage floats at the surface of the Pacific ocean during a tide change off Indonesia.
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  • A large tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) and jacks live under the cover of sargassum in the Sargasso Sea. Notice the plastic packing tie in the right of the frame.
    20190811-500_6109.jpg
  • A jack swims past a tangle of plastic fiber fishing gear entangled with sargassum in the Sargasso Sea.
    20190811-500_6031.jpg
  • Triggerfish fight over a plastic barrel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4270.jpg
  • A triggerfish hides inside a discarded plastic octopus trap in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
    20190731-500_4377.jpg
  • Hands holding plastic pollution like bottle caps and rope that washed up on a beach in The Bahamas.
    20200125-501_9446.jpg
  • On small islands waste management can be a challenge. Garbage, especially plastic, is blown into the sea and becomes toxic to fish, birds and other wildlife. Image made on Harbour Island, Bahamas.
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  • Plastic bottles and other trash are covered in oil on a Havana shore near the cruise ship port.
    What Cruise Ships Leave
  • Almaco Jack fish (Seriola rivoliana) take shelter under a sargassum matt with a plastic packing tie in it. Image made in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean, International Waters.
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  • In 5mm squares micro-pastics are sorted by a plastics researcher.
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  • After skimming the surface of the ocean, plastics are sorted by researchers on board.
    20190801-501_3378.jpg
  • The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190806-501_5017.jpg
  • In 5mm squares micro-pastics are sorted by a scientist. The sample was taken in International Waters in an area of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Sargasso Sea.
    20190803-500_5411.jpg
  • Microplastics from a manta trawl in the Sargasso Sea are placed on a map of the area as a visual demonstration.
    20190811-501_6013.jpg
  • A polluted shoreline in Colombo, Sri Lanka is home to birds, lizards, fish and other wildlife. The animals show tremendous resiliance surviving in such a deteriorated environment.
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  • A scuba diver tries to free a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas.
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  • A scuba diver tries to free a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas. Note - previously sold as RF
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  • A scuba diver tries to free a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas.
    20180216-DSC_4109.jpg
  • Scuba divers remove a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas.
    20180216-DSC_4166.jpg
  • A scuba diver tries to free a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas.
    20180216-DSC_4124.jpg
  • Scuba divers remove a large fishing net or ghost net from a coral reef in The Bahamas.
    20180216-DSC_4166.jpg
  • Discarded fishing nets line a beach as gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) waddle by in the background, Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands.
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  • A polluted shoreline in Colombo, Sri Lanka is home to birds, lizards, fish and other wildlife. The animals show tremendous resiliance surviving in such a deteriorated environment.
    Bird Wading in Pollution
  • After almost three years there are still large areas of dead mangroves in Puerto Rico, like this in Cabo Rojo, after hurrican Maria. Mangroves are a shoreline's best known defence during large storms.
    Gross_PuertoRico066.jpg
  • Where humans go, so to does trash. A mangrove island off Parguera, which helped protect the area during the 2017 double hurricanes, is also a popular party stop for tourists.
    Gross_PuertoRico013.jpg
  • Almaco jack (Seriola rivoliana) uses a discarded fishing net, drifting in the open ocean as shelter. Image made in The Bahamas.
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  • Microplastics from a manta trawl in the Sargasso Sea ocean gyre are placed on a map of the area as a visual demonstration.
    20190811-501_6013.jpg
  • Scientist Nerine Constant measures a mat of sargassum seaweed as part of their study to see if sargassum might act as an incubator to sea turtles with warmer temperatures than the surrounding water.
    20190802-500_4973.jpg
  • The manta trawl is hung over the side of the boat and skims the surface to collect microplastics.
    20190730-501_3254.jpg
  • Crew of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea ready a manta trawl to collect and measure the amount of microplastics on the surface.
    20190730-501_3202.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's Cabo Rojo, washed up trash and dead mangrove trees still dominate some areas almost three years after hurricane Maria in 2017.
    20200228-DSC_1202.jpg
  • Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) and gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) walking by discarded fishing nets on a beach. Carcass Island, Falkland Islands.
    20211206-DSC_3081.jpg
  • In Puerto Rico's Cabo Rojo, washed up trash and dead mangrove trees still dominate some areas almost three years after hurricane Maria in 2017.
    Gross_PuertoRico065.jpg
  • Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea intermedia) feeding in a polluted shoreline in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
    2012_Colombo_SriLanka029r.jpg
  • Setting up scientist Celia Ojeda Martinez's eDNA experiment. With this, the researchers can determine which species have been in the immediate area in the last days.
    20190806-501_4988.jpg
  • A young woman, working at her mother's restaurant, uses a mallet to pound conch meat in a plastic bag on Cat Island, Bahamas.
    20180716-501_3963.jpg
  • A sea butterfly shot at night in the open ocean at 80 feet. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190802-500_5104.jpg
  • Ceriantharia Tube Anemone Larva shot at 40 feet at night over 13,000 feet of water in the Sargasso Sea. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190731-500_4712.jpg
  • A small (1cm) unidentified fish hiding inside a pelagic tunicate at 80 feet at night in the Sargasso Sea. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190803-500_5519.jpg
  • A shrimp inside a pyrosome. Shot at 60 feet over 13,000 feet of water at night in the Sargasso Sea. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190802-500_5195.jpg
  • CNN senior international correspondent Arwa Damon freedives beneath a matt of sargassum in the Sargasso Sea. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190811-500_6364.jpg
  • Sea Turtle scientists Alexandra Gulick and Nerine Constant give a talk in the ships lounge. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190805-501_4456.jpg
  • Shailene Woodley and scientist Celia Ojeda Martinez give a live webcast about ocean plastics in the ships bridge. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190805-501_4158.jpg
  • A pelagic shrimp species shot on a blackwater diver in the Sargasso Sea. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190802-500_5126.jpg
  • After skimming the surface of the ocean, plastics are sorted by researchers on board. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190801-501_3380.jpg
  • Shailene Woodley aboard the Greenpeace Ship Esperanza departing Bermuda for the Sargasso Sea. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190801-501_3369.jpg
  • A jellyfish at night in the Sargasso Sea.The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190731-500_4686.jpg
  • The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190730-501_3137.jpg
  • A jack takes shelter under a matt of Sargassum in the Sargasso Sea. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190811-500_6447.jpg
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