The Ocean Cleanup project, a nonprofit that’s attempting to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch using specialized floating equipment, is planning to sell the plastic it’s collected in theContinue Reading
The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, was recently awarded $1M USD by the Benioff Ocean Initiative to stop plasticContinue Reading
A Dutch nonprofit deployed a giant floating trap into the San Francisco Bay. The organization, called The Ocean Cleanup, says that the trap will scoop up plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean. IfContinue Reading
The escalating issue of plastic pollution in our oceans, exemplified by the colossal Great Pacific Garbage Patch, demands innovative solutions. A recent discovery by a global team of marine scientistsContinue Reading
The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit environmental organization, has announced a bold plan to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034. This ambitious goal, however, hinges on securing significant funding.Continue Reading
As competitive distance swimmer Ben Lecomte neared the border of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, he began to notice an unusual phenomenon: a lot of life. Many of Lecomte’s findingsContinue Reading
A 10-million-pound blob is riding ocean currents toward Florida’s tip. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, a 5,000-mile-long goopy mass of green, floating seaweed, is meandering its way through Florida andContinue Reading
Following the massive BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, researchers discovered that despite cleanup efforts, residue lingered ten years later. Researchers discovered oil remains a decadeContinue Reading
