Storms act as a massive dual-action pump cycling plastic pollution between land and sea. This operates through two powerful vectors: stormwater runoff flushing microplastics out of storm drains, and storm surge dumping microplastics ashore. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #MangroveMonday #Microplastics

Research confirms that consistent coastal cleanups reduce the amount of microplastics on shorelines and in surrounding waters by over 99% within one year. Concrete evidence that tackling large plastic debris slows microplastic creation. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CoastalCleanup #Microplastics

Climate-fueled storms and the surge of marine debris have dramatically increased the mobility of plastics. Flooding flushes consumer waste out of drainage systems, while strong coastal winds push massive deposits of plastic onto shore. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

The Trump Administration moves to redefine ‘Wetlands’ eliminating protections for ‘ephemeral wetlands’ which we warn would harm essential breeding habitats for vulnerable wildlife. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #WetlandWednesday

Sending healing vibes to our ohana on Kauaʻi. 🤲🌺🏝️🌈 Hurricane Lowell hit Kauaʻi hard, with 33,000 people without power on the island after the storm damaged the electric grid. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #HurricaneLowell #Hawaii #Kauai

#Deforestation and the critical decline of #orangutans due to #palmoil are among the most pressing environmental crises of our time. Indonesia and Malaysia produce 85% of the world's palm oil and are the only remaining wild habitats for orangutans. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Wildfires #Rain

#PacificHurricanes are actively driving #OceanPlastic back ashore. Recent scientific studies confirm that these extreme storms act as high-powered environmental pumps and vectors that return marine #PlasticPollution to land. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

Not as big a totals, or as well audited, as when we clean up together… but not too bad. Mahalo to the other cleanup crews who took our volunteers in today. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #Coastal #Cleanup #LaborDayWeekend

Wet Tribe members will be joining other community beach cleanups today: Santa Monica, Malibu, Westside, and San Diego Mission Beach, as well as the annual Lake Tahoe Labor Day beach cleanup. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #CoastalCleanup #LaborDayWeekend

“That villanous saltpetre should be digg'd out of the bowels of the harmless earth...” -William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1 (Act I, Scene 3). #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ShakespeareSunday

Update: Another loss for environmental protections. The House passed H.R. 9436, also known as the Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act, delays federal conservation protections for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales until 2035. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #NorthAtlanticrightwhale