Ocean Conservancy
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Ocean Conservancy is a nonprofit environmental advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., United States. The organization seeks to promote healthy and diverse ocean ecosystems, prevent marine pollution
International Coastal Cleanup on the beaches of Hawaii, 2005
Cleanup group returns from Morro Bay, 2009
Group of volunteers cleaning up beaches, 2010
Barking Sands, Hawaii cleanup, 2011
Marine pollution
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Marine pollution occurs when substances used or spread by humans, such as industrial, agricultural, and residential waste; particles; noise or light; excess carbon dioxide; or invasive organisms enter
Ocean Conservancy
…marine ecosystems. In 1989, CEE became the Center for Marine Conservation (CMC), and expanded it scope to address specific issues like overfishing, marine pollution, habitat destruction and unsustainable coastal development. In 2001, the organization was officially renamed the Ocean Conversancy. The conservancy's…
While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm.
Acid mine drainage in the Rio Tinto River
Can floating in the ocean
Beach littered with garbage