Algalita

Ultraviolet rays from the sun break the polymer chains of hydrocarbon molecules into smaller pieces and what you end up with is small fragments like the .15g pieces 5 Gyres, Scripps, Algalita and SEA finds in their nets.

Stiv J. Wilson: In Defense of Plastic Bag Bans Stiv J. Wilson 2011

Ultraviolet rays from the sun break the polymer chains of hydrocarbon molecules into smaller pieces and what you end up with is small fragments like the .15g pieces 5 Gyres, Scripps, Algalita and SEA finds in their nets.

Stiv J. Wilson: In Defense of Plastic Bag Bans Stiv J. Wilson 2011

For example, our students helped scientists from the Algalita Marine Research Foundation to gather and categorize plastic samples from the beach, as part of a study on the health of the marine environment off the coast of southern California.

Alison Suffet Diaz: Keeping it Real: When the Community Becomes the Classroom Alison Suffet Diaz 2011

Ultraviolet rays from the sun break the polymer chains of hydrocarbon molecules into smaller pieces and what you end up with is small fragments like the .15g pieces 5 Gyres, Scripps, Algalita and SEA finds in their nets.

Stiv J. Wilson: In Defense of Plastic Bag Bans Stiv J. Wilson 2011

For example, our students helped scientists from the Algalita Marine Research Foundation to gather and categorize plastic samples from the beach, as part of a study on the health of the marine environment off the coast of southern California.

Alison Suffet Diaz: Keeping it Real: When the Community Becomes the Classroom Alison Suffet Diaz 2011

Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen, affiliated with the nonprofit marine research and education organization Algalita, sailed from Bermuda to the Azores, taking samples every 100 miles.

Floating clot of plastic plagues Atlantic: Decaying debris endangers wildlife 2010

"It's an endless stream of incessant plastic particles everywhere you look," says Dr. Marcus Eriksen, director of education and research for the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, which studies plastics in the marine environment.

Boing Boing 2007

Manta sample #29 was the pioneering trawl -- the first of the Dateline series, and the first Algalita sample in the eastern hemisphere.

Laurie David: Day 34 of Algalita's Oceanographic Research Vessel Expedition: A Letter From Captain Charles Moore 2009

In recent years Algalita researchers have sampled a huge area in the middle of the North Pacific, and found six pounds of plastic for every pound of algae.

Drowning in an Ocean of Plastic 2004

In recent years Algalita researchers have sampled a huge area in the middle of the North Pacific, and found six pounds of plastic for every pound of algae.

Drowning in an Ocean of Plastic 2004