marine debris
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human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 694 inbound references to marine debris, and connects out to ocean gyre, environmental impact of shipping and pollution.
It is catalogued under topics including Aquatic ecology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental impact of fishing.
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- waste
- Has part
- marine plastic pollution
- Image
- Pollution swan.jpg
- Said to be same as
- flotsam, jetsam, lagan, and derelict
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- Commons category
- Marine debris
- physically interacts with
- ocean
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Encyclopedic overview
Marine debris washed up on a beach at Sharm el-Naga, Egypt Beach litter
Environment portal
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “marine debris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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ocean gyre
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environmental impact of shipping
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pollution
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light pollution
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eutrophication
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plastic pollution
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particulates
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biomedical waste
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Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
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Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
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industrial wastewater treatment
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marine garbage patch
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Project Kaisei
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United States
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United Kingdom
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Paris
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United Nations
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water
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California
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sea
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