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Plastics pollute paradise

In Maui, the Eastern Pacific Gyre is depositing trash on the shores of paradise. Teams of citizen scientists are cleaning the beaches and cataloging a problem that keeps coming back.

Story produced by: Cailyn Omuro, Jazmyne Viloria, and Zoe Zane at Maui Waena Intermediate School in Kahului, Hawaii. Instruction provided by STEM SRL Connected Educator Philip Goetz.