**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The Ocean Sanctuaries’ phrase ‘our oceans reflect the consciousness of humanity’ might sound a bit ‘new age-y’ to some, especially to scientists, so allow me to explain exactly what we mean by that. Right now, we have gyres of trash the size of Texas rotating slowly […]
Tag Archives: marine debris
Bust the Bead- Banning Microplastics in Beauty Products
February 27th, 2015
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Microplastics are tiny plastic beads that can be found in many beauty and health products including toothpaste, hand soap, body wash, and facial scrubs. These plastics are commonly referred to as micro beads and are often used as abrasives and exfoliants. All products with the ingredients […]
My Journey to the North Atlantic Gyre Part II: Data collection and sailing at a 45 degree tilt
December 6th, 2014
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> In this second piece of my experience sailing the ocean blue, I describe the research methods we used to document levels of plastic marine pollution across the subtropical and subpolar gyres in the North Atlantic during my 2014 voyage with 5Gyres Institute. Last spring I was […]
My Journey to the North Atlantic Gyre: a scientist’s witness of plastic pollution
November 14th, 2014
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The 5Gyres Institute is on a mission to educate the world about the downside of its reliance on single-use plastic. The Institute documents the prevalence of marine plastic pollution in major oceans around the globe by traveling to the large, circulating, oceanic systems called gyres, which […]