floating debris

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Muhd Azham Azmi, a fisherman in Langkawi, told journalists on Tuesday how he had helped rescue a survivor, after initially mistaking her for "red floating debris".

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

Functional PETases containing the M5 motif appeared in nearly 80 percent of the tested waters, ranging from surface gyres filled with floating debris to nutrient-poor depths nearly two kilometers below.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

Streets in many residential districts still resemble brackish lakes, where stray dogs wade up to their chests and cars sit rotting in stagnant water filled with floating debris.

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023

They worry the floating debris could carry these organisms to new shores as invasive species.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2023

Even though he couldn’t watch for floating debris that way, it was a faster stroke.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret