Algalita Marine Research Foundation

Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
29°41.70N
56°25.84W
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Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
Enroute to the Epicenter

Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
This is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite.… Read the rest

Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
Discovery: The Atlantic Garbage

Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
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Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
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21 28 74 North
63 35 21 West
The crew of the Sea Dragon are now on our third day of research, having left the USVI on the 9th.  We are trawling for marine debris every six or so hours, and the nets are deployed for 2 hours.  It… Read the rest

Congrats to our friends Anna and Marcus who just finished up their epic 2,000 mile journey to educate about the environmental and health hazards of plastic pollution.
From JUNKRide:

Crossing the border into Tijuana, JUNKride completed a 2 ½ month, 2,000-mile cycling/speaking tour from Vancouver, Canada to the Mexico border, … Read the rest

Plastics are destroying our oceans, and yet it has taken a long time to get communities and governments to commit to working towards gleaning us off of our plastic dependency. To expose the issue on large scale, a team of Algalita Marine Research Foundation staff set sail last year from… Read the rest