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Today, the largest garbage dump on Earth isn't on land - it's in the Pacific Ocean. Trash, mostly plastic, is clogging our oceans. Birds, dolphins, seals, turtles and fish eat and become entangled in it. Marine debris kills millions of ocean creatures every year. |
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
 Twice the size of Texas, swirling ocean currents concentrate a floating pile of trash in the middle of the North Pacific. Stretching off California to north of Hawaii and reaching nearly to Japan, the floating island of debris contains six times more plastic than plankton.
To learn more about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, watch a video from Good Morning America. |
Marine Debris Kills Monk Seals
 Hawaiian monk seals drown or starve to death when they get entangled with discarded fishing nets in the waters of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
MCBI is working to solve the problem of marine debris and to keep these endangered seals from dying. Please consider making a donation to MCBI today to help us clean up our oceans.
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