50 metric tons of marine trash removed from Papahanaumokuakea Marine NMon
As part of an effort to restore coral reefs, a team of 17 scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has collected around 50 metric tonnes of marine debris from Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world, covering an area of 139,797 square miles of the Pacific Ocean.