Meme 2 wonen having a conversation First woman: ‘The only thing you vegans care about is animals! Why don't you do something to help people?’ 2nd woman responds: ‘You mean besides reducing the likelihood of many diseases, growing more food on less land, reducing antibiotic resistance, preventing many future pandemics, saving water and slowing climate change? Besides that?’

‘The only thing vegans care about is animals’

Even if that were true, veganism combats several problems by sheer default
#WaterDepletion
#OceanDeadZones
#MarineDebris
#FoodInsecurity
DEFORESTATION
#Pandemics
#AntibioticResistance
#EnvironmentalRacism
#LandGrabs
#BiodiversityLoss
Ecological Collapse

Marine clean-up dives remove more than just marine litter Ecological transformation is underway on Caribbean reefs, including the flattening of structural complexity and shifts in species assemblages. As mari…

Marine clean-up dives remove more than just marine litter

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#MarineDebris
#PlasticPollution
#Cryptofauna
#CleanUps

We live in a 🌍 where the vast majority of people choose not to act on the very things they proclaim to care about
#Animals #Climate #FoodInsecurity #Deforestation #BiodiversityLoss #Healthcare #PreventableDiseases #pandemics #AnimalCruelty #MarineDebris #CropDeaths #emissions #GlobalHunger #Landback

**Our Ocean's Silent Crisis**

8 million tons of plastic enter our oceans yearly—a garbage truck dumped every minute. Marine life can't tell the difference between food and trash. We can stop this.

#SaveOurOceans #MarineDebris #PlasticPollution

New Study Clarifies What Plastics Become as They Weather in the Ocean - Marine Science Institute. The University of Texas at Austin. As many people in South Texas are aware, plastic, like the cushions on outdoor furniture, can dramatically break down when exposed to the sun. The same process is happening to […]

New research from UTMSI shows that sunlight causes ocean plastics to release dissolved chemical compounds—not just smaller plastic particles—reshaping how we understand plastic pollution. 🔬 #UTMSI #TexasScience #Plastic #Ocean #Microplastics #nurdle #MarineDebris

Comprehensive assessment of anthropogenic debris pollution on beaches of the oceanic island São Vicente, Cabo Verde Plastic debris is a major threat to coastal ecosystems. Although, numerous studies have assessed the extent of this pollution in various regions of th…

Comprehensive assessment of anthropogenic debris pollution on beaches of the oceanic island São Vicente, Cabo Verde

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#plasticpollution
#marinedebris

Plastic rope washes ashore in southwest Washington. In Whatcom, it finds new life It’s a process increasingly catching the eye of companies along the West Coast.

Plastic rope washes ashore in southwest Washington. In Whatcom, it finds new life

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#News #USNews #Washington #WashingtonNews #Climate #Environment #Recycling #RecyclingNews #Waste #WasteNews #Plastic #PlasticWaste #PlasticRecycling #MarineDebris #Oceans

Recycling company commits $6.6 million to expand plant The expansion will add up to 50 jobs to Padnos' Wyoming, Mich. plastics recycling plant. | SevenMaps/Shutterstock More ocean-bound plastics

Recycling company commits $6.6 million to expand plant

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#PlasticPollution
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#ALDFG
#ghostgear

Tsushima Island: A Border Community Drowning in Transboundary Plastic Waste An Island Drowning in Plastic: The Anthropocene Arrives on Tsushima ShoresOn the western coast of Tsushima Island, a border territory...

Tsushima Island: A Border Community Drowning in Transboundary Plastic Waste #Japan #marinedebris #plasticpollution

A California Sea Grant-funded survey across Central California reveals that beaches trap microplastics at concentrations far higher than nearby waters 🏖️

Read the full article at https://bit.ly/4ahNPHQ

#CASeaGrant #microplastics #marinedebris #plasticpollution

Watch: Love Blue Monmouth, UCI Members Join Science Communication Panel at Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit | Urban Coast Institute Love Blue Monmouth President Siena Zisa and Vice-President Grace Schleiden and Urban Coast Institute Communications Director and Ocean Data Manager Karl Vilacoba presented on the panel “From Data to D...

Love Blue Monmouth President Siena Zisa and VP Grace Schleiden discussed the impacts that the student club’s beach cleanups have made on reducing marine litter and building student awareness of the issue at MARCO's recent Mid-Atlantic #MarineDebris Summit.
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Register for Clean Beach 101: #MarineDebris and the Ecology of #JamaicaBay workshop 2/5 at 7 pm; Partners: @nych2o.bsky.social, RISE Rockaway, @noaa.gov, @nyseagrant.bsky.social; Presenters: Science and Resilience Institute at JB, @nylcv.bsky.social; www.eventbrite.com/e/1978443645...; @cuny.edu

Holding a handful of trash from the beach, mostly plastic and some rope

Trash from the beach sitting on the boardwalk, mostly plastic and some sort of mesh bag

A bag full of trash removed from the beach, mostly plastic

A view of the beach looking north

I didn’t even walk that far, and yet I walked away with handfuls of trash. #marinedebris

spongebob and squidward are talking to each other in a cartoon . Alt: GIF an animated flower throws pedals at a grumpy looking spongebob character Captioned: you are morally obligated to go vegan

PLEASE ACT accordingly 💚
#AnimalCruelty
#Deforestation
#BiodiversityLoss
#MarineDebris
#WaterDepletion
#WaterPollution
#OceanDeadZones
#Pandemics
#HealthcareCrisis
#LandGrabs
#AntibioticResistance
#EnvironmentalRacism
#GlobalHunger
#EcologicalCollapse

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2025 Marine Debris Summit - Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO)

Join MARCO in Dewey Beach, DE, Wed & Thurs for the Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Summit! We'll gather leaders and beach lovers from across the region to tackle #marinedebris challenges and share solutions for a cleaner, healthier Mid-Atlantic ocean and coast.
www.midatlanticocean.org/ocean-planni...

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
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada

Industrial tires filled with Styrofoam wash up on Vancouver Island beach | CBC News Eleven industrial tires each weighing about four tonnes and filled with Styrofoam have washed up near Campbell River, B.C., prompting concern for wildlife in the area.

This is why we need the Clean Coasts Act. Most #MarineDebris cleanup efforts are initiated by volunteers & non-profits – more needs to be done to hold polluters accountable. "Someone knows where these came from. So, somebody should be held to account for cleaning them up.”—Peter Ross @raincoast.org

‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses

#marinedebris #recycling

‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast

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#sharethegulf #holdfast #saveseaturtles #sayyestoseaturtles #communityimpact #commitment
#marinedebris #turtlesagainsttrash #debrisfreeseas

The PMDP team just completed their third and final mission of 2025 with 72,150 lbs. (36 tons) of debris removed from Papahānaumokuākea, including a final 42,000 lbs. retrieved from Kuaihelani.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this mission a success. 

#PMDP #MarineDebris #OceanConservation

#gcstr #everybodyrow #sharethegulf #holdfast #saveseaturtles #sayyestoseaturtles #communityimpact #commitment #debrisfreeseas #turtlesagainsttrash #marinedebris

Texas City Dike Clean Up with GCSTR Join us Tuesday, September 2 from 9 am - 11 am for a beach cleanup at The Texas City Dike!

Please complete this Google form to sign up so we can have an idea on how many participants to expect: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#gcstr #everybodyrow #sharethegulf #holdfast #saveseaturtles #sayyestoseaturtles #communityimpact #commitment
#turtlesagainsttrash #debrisfreeseas #marinedebris

Over the weekend, the #AdriftLab team returned to Larapuna to remove 1000s of sea spurge & #MarineDebris. We covered 15 km of beach & submitted data to 5 different #CitizenScience programs
#ProtectWhatYouLove #volunteering
#InvasiveWeeds #AMDI

Check out this short documentary that Oregon Sea Grant Natural Resource Policy Fellow Sarah Wolf produced with @surfrider.org about their Yaquina Bay Aquaculture Marine Debris Project!
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#marinedebris #science #oregon

Art to Save the Sea! Sculptures made from marine debris gathered from the Oregon coast now on display at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. #marinedebris #arttosavethesea

Check out the Washed Ashore exhibit at the Oregon Coast Aquarium! #arttosavethesea #plasticpollution #marinedebris

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Beyond the Island Myth to a Toxic Plastic Soup "Debunking the myth of a plastic island, this article unpacks the true nature of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: a vast, diffuse soup of microplastics and ghost gear."

Twice the Size of Texas: Unpacking the Counter-Intuitive Truth of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
#GreatPacificGarbagePatch #GPGP #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #OceanCleanup #MarineDebris #FactRage #FactRageNews

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Soon, you’ll be able to order your Coastal Cleanup 2025 gear. Stay tuned!
As always, thank you for your coastal stewardship.

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