Ocean Cleanup Beginning!
Picture of the Great Pacific Gyre by Wikimedia Commons This article by Trevor Nace titled “ The World’s Largest Ocean Cleanup Has Officially Begun ” was posted on Forbes and discussed the most recent attempt to rid the ocean of plastic. We have talked a lot in class about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and how much plastic is polluting our oceans. This article talks about the 20-million-dollar system that was designed by the non-profit group Ocean Cleanup. This non-profit was founded by an 18-year-old Dutch inventor named Boyan Slat in 2013. This system is being called a floating bloom and essentially it will be dragged out into the ocean and then as it drifts along with local currents, a U shape will form. This U formation will collect the plastic trash floating along the surface of the ocean. There is also a net connected to the floating bloom that extends 10 feet below the surface enabling it to collect even more plastic trash. Once the bloom is full, a transport vessel...