A plastic nurdle is a 1 meter by 1 meter by 1 meter container holding waste to be dumped in the ocean. 

There are a relatively small number of marine species because the marine environment is relatively stable.

The United States and Canada are the only countries to have banned the use of disposable garbage grocery bags.

Primary Productivity is the rate at which organisms store energy through the formation of organic matter from inorganic carbon.

Microplastic pollution in the ocean is largely derived from the washing of synthetic clothes.

Light transmission into the ocean can reach depths of one km, but at that depth, it is inadequate to drive photosynthesis.

MARPOL is an international agreement between countries to limit chemical pollutant disposal in the ocean.

A toxic compound is a poisonous substance that has the capability to cause injury or death by chemical means.

The mass of fish caught today exceeds the mass of fish caught at any other time in human history.

A major source of mercury in the ocean is the effluent from coal fired power plants.