Fifty metric tons of marine debris from Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 21 July, 2012
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NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette arrived back in its homeport of Honolulu a few days ago after a month in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The team of 17 scientists collected nearly 50 metric tons of marine debris, which threatens monk seals, sea turtles and other marine life in the coral reef ecosystem, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)....