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Hannah Brooks

Hannah Brooks

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Marine debris washed up on a Hawaiian shore
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Hawaii is paving roads with ocean plastic and ghost fishing nets

  • Researchers in Hawaii are turning some of the Pacific's most stubborn pollution — derelict fishing nets and ocean plastic — into asphalt for the islands' roads.
  • Early tests are encouraging, but scientists are watching closely for the catch: whether plastic pavement sheds microplastics of its own.

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