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Planet vs. Plastics: Quantifying Microplastics Along the Brazilian Coast

Using NASA Earth observation data, researchers assessed miles of Brazilian coastline to identify high-risk points of fish contaminated with microplastics.

Blog

May 8, 2024

Surface reflectance image of sediment off the coast of South Florida on 30 September 2022 from the MODIS instrument aboard the Aqua satellite

Sediment Plume Off the Coast of Florida

Image captured on Sep 30, 2022 by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite.

Worldview Image of the Week

Oct 6, 2022

After a rainstorm, a loader removes trash with high concentrations of plastic at the mouth of the Los Angeles River in Long Beach, California.

Wasting Away

Mapping stormwater runoff in Southern California helps keep toxins at bay.

Feature Article

Dec 28, 2020

A plastic particle smaller than five millimeters (about a fifth of an inch) is defined as a microplastic, but many microplastics are too small to be seen with the naked eye.

Unwelcome Enrichment in the Arctic

Microscopic plastics infiltrate Arctic sea ice with unknown consequences for the ecosystem.

Feature Article

Dec 28, 2020

Juvenile blue chromis linger near the branches of an Acropora millepora colony off Lizard Island on the Northern Great Barrier Reef.

The Researcher, the Reef, and a Storm

Can marine reserves protect Earth’s underwater nurseries?

Feature Article

Dec 28, 2020

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