In light of Wend editor-in-chief’s research trip in the Atlantic Gyre (otherwise known as the Atlantic Garbage Patch), it’s only fitting that we acknowledge the potentially dire future of the world’s oceans. In these World Wildlife Fund advertisements, the frightening possibility of completely wildlife-free ocean… 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: Enroute to… 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… 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… 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: HEAVY… Read the rest

Positon: 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

After a fairly gnarly 24 hours of travel I have arrived in the US Virgin Islands and have met up with my crew for the Sargasso Sea marine debris expedition. The lead scientists on the project are Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins from Algalita Marine… Read the rest