A small diving group in New York City is cutting away thickets of fishing line underwater. Plastic bottles, candy wrappers and miles and miles of Fishing line drift with the tides, endangering sea life. By 2025, some 250 million tons (226.7 million metric tons) of plastic will have found its way into the oceans.

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In New York City, scuba divers' passion for the sport becomes a mission to collect undersea litter

A small diving group in New York City is trying to do its part in undoing the pollution threatening the oceans and aquatic wildlife. Plastic bottles, candy wrappers and miles

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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A small diving group in New York City is trying to do its part in undoing the pollution threatening the oceans and aquatic wildlife. Plastic bottles, candy wrappers and miles and miles of fishing line drift with the tides, mucking up the scenery just yards from one city beach in Queens. The threat has risen as people have become more reliant on single-use plastics for the sa…

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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, the divers arrived on a thin strip of sand at the furthest, watery edge of New York City. Oxygen tanks strapped to their backs, they waded into the sea and descended into an environment far different from their usual terrestrial surroundings of concrete, traffic and trash-strewn sidewalks. Horseshoe crabs and other crustaceans crawl on a seabed …

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NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, the divers arrived on a thin strip of sand at the furthest, watery edge of New York City. Oxygen tanks strapped to their backs, they waded into the sea and descended into an environment far different from their usual terrestrial surroundings of concrete, traffic and trash-strewn…

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NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, the divers arrived on a thin strip of sand at the furthest, watery edge of New York City. Oxygen tanks strapped […]

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NEW YORK (AP) -- On a recent Sunday afternoon, the divers arrived on a thin strip of sand at the furthest, watery edge of New York City. Oxygen tanks strapped to their backs, they waded into the sea and descended into an environment far different from their usual terrestrial surroundings of concrete, traffic and trash-strewn sidewalks.

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NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, the divers arrived on a thin strip of sand at the furthest, watery edge of New York City.

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NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, the divers arrived on a thin strip of sand at the furthest, watery edge of New York City. Air tanks strapped to their backs, they waded into the sea and descended into an environment far different from their usual terrestrial surroundings of concrete, traffic and trash-strewn sidewalks. Horseshoe crabs and other crustaceans crawl on a seabed encrusted with barnacles and colonies of coral. Spiny-finne…

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