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2/2: …most of its colour & shine, & the balloon would have become just a large grubby sheet of plastic breaking apart in the environment.
Photo Zoe Lucas. #balloonpollution #stopballoonreleases #beacheddebris #beachedplastics 
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1/5🧵: Beached Balloon Debris 🌎 #SableIsland #NorthAtlantic #beacheddebris #beachedplastics
During the last #beachsurvey, a glimpse of white ribbon & edges of a plastic balloon in the sand indicated more beneath the surface - a dozen foil &/or Mylar balloons & about 30 latex balloons, all deflated..

4/5: …After lost hats float around & the fabrics get beaten up in currents, rapids, & surf, the plastic persists.
Photo Zoe Lucas ….. #marinelitter #marinedebris #beachedplastics #oceanplastic #plasticpollution #singleuseplastic
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1/3🧵: Sorting Plastic Items 🌎🐡
This first week of the #ArtsResidency program coincided with one of my scheduled #beachedplastics surveys. About 90 #brandaudit items – labelled containers and packages – were collected from the north and south shorelines, and brought back to the Station for sorting….

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4/4: … Photo Zoe Lucas.
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#marinedebris #beachedplastics #washedashore #buriedinsand #plasticpollution  
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2/3:… Pushing the plastic crate back into the water won’t help. It will be tumbled ashore again by the waves. Only barnacles… but their movement, seemingly searching, reaching…
Video Zoe Lucas. #marinedebris #adrift #beachedplastics
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Barnacles on Sable Island. (1/3🧵) 🌎🌿🦑 #SableIsland #NorthAtlantic #barnacles #washedashore #marinedebris #adrift #beachedplastics #sableislandnpr #parkscanada
This week, a few plastic lobster crates were found during the #beachsurvey. This one was cast ashore with the last high tide…..

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2/2: … June Beetles were flying about, buzzing, in the dark, over the dune vegetation.
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#photography #NorthAtlantic #June #Junebugs #beachsurvey #beachedplastics
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3/3: Photos Zoe Lucas. For more about #SableIsland: bit.ly/3iUqhvY
#NorthAtlantic #spring #coloursofspring
#beachlitter #washedashore #beachsurvey 
#beachedplastics #oceanplastic #plasticpollution #microplastics
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