Credit: Forbes The floating boom system was deployed on Saturday from San Francisco Bay and will undergo several weeks of testing before being hauled into action. The system was designed by the nonprofit Ocean Cleanup, which was founded in 2013 by 18-year-old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat. Their mission is to develop “advanced technologies to rid the […]
Credit: National Geografic The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris is litter that ends up in oceans, seas, and other large bodies of water. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually comprised of the Western Garbage […]
Since the invention of plastic in the early 1900’s, it has become completely ingrained in our society. So much so that we, the general public, have completely missed the impact this material is having on our health and the natural environment. As we all know, a healthy natural environment is critical to our own health […]
