A beach strewn with plastic litter in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

Photo By/Credit

Susan White/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
10/11/2012
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Plastic debris that floated ashore litters a beach on Laysan Island in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Pacific. Tides wash the debris ashore from the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” which flows past the Northwest Hawaiian Islands.
Subject tags
Human impacts
Marine ecology
Marine environments
Pollution
Wildlife refuges