Eco Watch - A crew of 14 scientists, filmmakers, journalists and others successfully sailed from Bermuda to Iceland and found exactly what they were looking for—an astounding amount of plastic on oceanic floors.
The group gathered by the 5 Gyres Institute reached Iceland earlier this week after a three-week, plastic-pollution research voyage across the North Atlantic and sub-polar Gyres. Simply put, the researchers found microplastic particles in every surface sample collected during the trip, which spanned 2,500 nautical miles. A research group that sailed from Bermuda to Iceland found plastic in every last one of its gyre samples. Photo credit: 5 Gyres InstituteA research group that sailed from Bermuda to Iceland found plastic in every last one of its gyre samples.
"As we've seen in our other expeditions across the five subtropical gyres or 'garbage patches,' plastic pollution is ubiquitous in the world's oceans," said Dr. Marcus Eriksen, 5 Gyres co-Founder, research director, expedition leader and principal investigator.
"Even in the subpolar gyre, which contains far less plastic than other regions we've surveyed, we're still finding particles in every sample. Plastic pollution is the new baseline for our ocean environment."
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The group gathered by the 5 Gyres Institute reached Iceland earlier this week after a three-week, plastic-pollution research voyage across the North Atlantic and sub-polar Gyres. Simply put, the researchers found microplastic particles in every surface sample collected during the trip, which spanned 2,500 nautical miles. A research group that sailed from Bermuda to Iceland found plastic in every last one of its gyre samples. Photo credit: 5 Gyres InstituteA research group that sailed from Bermuda to Iceland found plastic in every last one of its gyre samples.
"As we've seen in our other expeditions across the five subtropical gyres or 'garbage patches,' plastic pollution is ubiquitous in the world's oceans," said Dr. Marcus Eriksen, 5 Gyres co-Founder, research director, expedition leader and principal investigator.
"Even in the subpolar gyre, which contains far less plastic than other regions we've surveyed, we're still finding particles in every sample. Plastic pollution is the new baseline for our ocean environment."
Please continue reading from:
5 Gyres Institute Finds Plastic in Every Ocean Sample From Bermuda to Iceland | EcoWatch
http://ecowatch.com/2014/07/03/5-gyres-plastic-ocean/
