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  2. Animas River - Wikipedia

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    Animas River (On-e-mas; Spanish: Río de las Ánimas) is a 126-mile-long (203 km) [1] river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River, part of the Colorado River System. The river has experienced numerous catastrophes due to the mining nearby, the largest being the 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill.

  3. Marine plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    Within garbage patches, the waste is not compact, and although most of it is near the surface of the ocean, it can be found up to more than 30 metres (100 ft) deep in the water. [127] Patches contain plastics and debris in a range of sizes from microplastics and small scale plastic pellet pollution , to large objects such as fishing nets and ...

  4. Marine debris - Wikipedia

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    Debris on beach near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Debris collected from beaches on Tern Island in the French Frigate Shoals over one month. Researchers classify debris as either land- or ocean-based; in 1991, the United Nations Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution estimated that up to 80% of the pollution was land-based, [5] with the remaining 20% originating from ...

  5. How much trash is in the ocean? - AOL

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    The Great Pacific garbage patch is a collection of solid hunks of garbage that have actually formed sizable 'islands'! Anthony from DNews investigates what we do know about the pollution problems ...

  6. 'Ocean of tumbleweeds' buried homes, yards in Colorado

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    Tumbleweeds buried people's homes and vehicles over the weekend after strong winds swept through southern Colorado. Homeowners woke up Sunday morning to blocked windows and yards blanketed with ...

  7. North Atlantic garbage patch - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Large floating field of debris in the North Atlantic Ocean The North Atlantic Gyre is one of five major ocean gyres. The North Atlantic garbage patch is a garbage patch of man-made marine debris found floating within the North Atlantic Gyre, originally documented in 1972. A 22-year ...

  8. Ocean Explorers Discovered a Massive Underwater Mountain That ...

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    Oceanographers explored an area around the Pacific Ocean’s Nazca Ridge and found a massive underwater mountain. Using a sonar system, the researchers digitally mapped the seafloor of the area ...

  9. List of Superfund sites in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    COD980717557: Central City/Clear Creek: Clear Creek: Soil, groundwater and surface water contamination, leaching and liquid waste contaminated with heavy metals such as zinc, copper, manganese, cadmium, lead and arsenic, from mining and milling operations within the watershed.