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Moore is the founder of the Algalita Marine Research and Education [4] in Long Beach, California.. In 2008 the Foundation co-sponsored the JUNK Raft project, to "creatively raise awareness about plastic debris and pollution in the ocean", and specifically the Great Pacific Garbage Patch trapped in the North Pacific Gyre, by sailing 2,600 miles across the Pacific Ocean on a 30-foot-long (9.1 m ...
The project was launched with the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, after founder Charles J. Moore encountered the patch in 1997. [9]
Before founding 5 Gyres, Cummins and Eriksen had worked at the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, with founder Charles J. Moore, who is currently a scientific advisor for 5 Gyres. [9] 5 Gyres was one of two organizations that sent Expeditions to research the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The area is frequently featured in media reports as an exceptional example of marine pollution. [16] The JUNK Raft Project was a 2008 trans-Pacific sailing voyage made to highlight the plastic in the patch, organized by the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. [17] [18] [19]
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created solid material that has deliberately or accidentally been released in seas or the ocean. Floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the center of gyres and on coastlines , frequently washing aground, when it is known as beach litter or tidewrack.
"It's this whole cycle that's really important, and that is, I think, in jeopardy right now," said Molly Irwin, former chief evaluation officer at the U.S. Department of Labor and a board member ...
The study was conducted aboard the RV Kilo Moana (T-AGOR-26) between August 25, 2008 and September 5, 2008 by researchers from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Oregon State University, and the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. [1] Previous research on the Plastic Patch had mostly focused on the effects of the plastic pieces on jellyfish ...
The doctors and nurses didn’t believe Tomisa Starr was having trouble breathing. Two years ago, Starr, 61, of Sacramento, California, was in the hospital for a spike in her blood pressure.