5 Gyres

5 Gyres study on ocean plastic pollution in PLoS ONE

Our partner, 5 Gyres, recently release a major study on plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. The study is a very big moment for public awareness around marine debris, plastic pollution, and our oceans.

We’re very happy that S.V. Sea Dragon was lucky to be part of a huge amount of the data collection through several ocean expedition, and we wish to congratulate everyone involved in this massive study.

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Meet the Crew–Leg 2 Asia Pacific Expedition

Marcus Eriksen – Research Expedition Leader Marcus Eriksen received his Ph.D. in Science Education from University of Southern California in 2003, months before embarking on a 2000-mile, 5-month journey down the Mississippi River on a homemade raft.  His experience on the river led to a career studying the ecological impacts […]

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Volunteering in Fukushima-

Hi everyone, 8 of us traveled north of Fukushima to volunteer with a relief organization.  We helped an 80 yr. old woman by shoveling 5 tons of rock away from the back of her house.  We spent the night, then rented a car to drive further north to visit some […]

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We’re trawlin!

We did a test trawl in Majuro Atoll to make sure it all works.  The trawl is a 60cm wide net with a 333 micron mesh, roughly 1/3 of a mm. It’s smaller than the holes in your t-shirt.  We drag it across the sea surface for exactly 60 minutes […]

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May 2nd on the Sea Dragon

We’re preparing to leave in a few minutes.  Rodrigo, our skipper, has giving the safety briefing.  “Keep your life vest on, especially at night, cause if you’re overboard we’ll likely not find you.” Adventure sailing is serious business.  Our science requires a boat that can get us anywhere in the […]

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Meet the new Crew on the Sea Dragon!

May 1 – 21 Studying the “Western Pacific Garbage Patch”-  Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands to Tokyo www.algalita.org Marcus Eriksen – Research Expedition Leader Marcus Eriksen received his Ph.D. in Science Education from University of Southern California in 2003, months before embarking on a 2000-mile, 5-month journey down the Mississippi River on […]

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