This blog shares the research experiences and findings conducted at University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW faculty and students) in conjunction with Plastic Ocean Project. Earlier posts share open-ocean sampling and adventures in the North and South Atlantic, the South Pacific and the North Pacific Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Outreach and education is the primary purposes to bring global awareness to an issue that has reached a crisis level in the marine environment.
Friday, December 18, 2009
It's offical - Captain Moore will Present in Wilmington, NC
That's right! Captain Charlie Moore, from the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, is going to present at University of North Carolina Wilmington on January 14th at 8pm at Lumina theatre. Captain Moore is the crusader who brought worldwide awareness to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. He has the longest continuous research on plastic accumulation in the North Pacific gyre and logged 10,000 nautical miles this past summer of which I was there for 3,400 miles of it! I'll keep you posted as it unfolds.
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