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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSEL ALGUITA
2009 Gyre Expedition!
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Would you like to get your class involved with this expedition?
It is not too late! Send an email to;
vesselsupport@algalita.org
and I will send you information about how your class can participate!
More information about our educational resources can also be found at
http://orvalguita.googlepages.com/home
ORV Alguita in the news!
- ”Feds want to survey, possibly clean up vast garbage pit in Pacific” San Francisco Chronicle
- “Continent-size toxic stew of plastic trash fouling swath of Pacific Ocean” San Francisco Chronicle
- “El mayor vertedero del mundo está en el océano Pacífico” El Pais. Madrid, Spain
- “Floating rubbish dump in Pacific Ocean 'bigger than US'” Courier Mail. Queensland, Australia
- “Flotilla of trash trickles into isles“ Honolulu Star Bulletin
- “The world's rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan” The Independent. London, UK
- “We're drowning in an ocean of garbage” Denver Post.
- "Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas" LA Times
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Winter Gyre 08 Expedition Research
On January 2oth, 2008 ORV Alguita set out on a winter expedition through the North Pacific Gyre, sailing from Hilo, HI to Los Angeles, CA to conduct further research on oceanic plastic debris. The crew of 6 collected samples for lab analysis, as well as for future Algalita Marine Research Foundation education projects.
Analysis from Algalita's September 2007 expedition shows a five fold increase in plastic quantities in the Gyre since Captain Charles Moore began his research in 1997. The data gathered during the winter of 08 once again showed an increase in the density of small plastic particles. We also discovered alarming trends in the consumption of these small particles in Myctophidae species caught in night manta trawls. A new area of research that we intend to pursue further in the 2009 voyage
Analysis from Algalita's September 2007 expedition shows a five fold increase in plastic quantities in the Gyre since Captain Charles Moore began his research in 1997. The data gathered during the winter of 08 once again showed an increase in the density of small plastic particles. We also discovered alarming trends in the consumption of these small particles in Myctophidae species caught in night manta trawls. A new area of research that we intend to pursue further in the 2009 voyage
September Gyre Expedition, 2007
ORV Alguita departed Long Beach California on September 9, 2007 for a three week voyage out to the eastern "Garbage Patch" in the Pacific Gyre. During this extended voyage the vessel's 6 person research team collected samples to help answer questions about the growing amount of plastic in the ocean.
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