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TRASHING SAN FRANCISCO BAY with Super-Sized McGarbage

By Stiv Wilson on June 20, 2011

Plastic Pollution in Namibia

By Leslie Moyer on May 19, 2011

Bag Bans, Industry Strong Arming and The Metaphorical Significance of Sea Turtles

By Stiv Wilson on May 12, 2011

Chaco's Waves For Change Contest Winner: Nastassja Is In Tahiti!

By Stiv Wilson on May 10, 2011

OCEAN CARE: Making Research Happen

By Anna Cummins on April 09, 2011

Cockpit Yoga, Plastic on the UP, and The Mighty Green Flash

By Anna Cummins on April 08, 2011

A Heavy Sea Churns Debris: Monofilament Line, Storms, and More Plastic

By Marcus Eriksen on April 07, 2011

The Center Of The South Pacific Gyre: Scooping Plastic Trash

By Anna Cummins on April 06, 2011

No Where To Go. Nothing To do.

By Stiv Wilson on April 03, 2011

High Times and Clean(ish) Seas In The South Pacific Gyre

By Stiv Wilson on April 01, 2011

Drifters: Trapped in The South Pacific Gyre

By Stiv Wilson on March 31, 2011

Robinson Crusoe Island and The Scottish Lure of The Bag Monster!

By Stiv Wilson on March 31, 2011

Planet Green, Treehugger Video Explaining Plastic Pollution From Source To Sea.

By Stiv Wilson on March 30, 2011

Never Explored Gyres, Movie Stars, and Plastic Pollution Conferences.

By Stiv Wilson on March 17, 2011

I Believe The Children Are Our Future: Sara Close On The Importance Of Youth In A Grassroots Movement.

By Stiv Wilson on March 16, 2011

Mardi Gras In NOLA = Below Sea Level Plastic Garbage

By Stiv Wilson on March 10, 2011

Media Hits From The South Atlantic Gyre: Simon and Willemien Make Headlines.

By Stiv Wilson on March 03, 2011

The Myth Of Recycling: Unraveling The Industry's Rhetoric.

By Stiv Wilson on February 25, 2011

Ban The Bag: Acting Local, Working Global

By Stiv Wilson on February 16, 2011

Dragones Del Mar Contra El Plastico!

By Stiv Wilson on February 08, 2011

Thank You Electrolux

By Stiv Wilson on February 07, 2011

Plastic Monster

By Stiv Wilson on February 03, 2011

Meet the Crew: Megan Ponder

By Stiv Wilson on February 01, 2011

Up The Gyre Without A Donkey

By Stiv Wilson on January 31, 2011

Ocean Haikus

By Stiv Wilson on January 27, 2011

A Message From the Gyre of Desire

By Stiv Wilson on January 27, 2011

Another Beautiful Day in the Middle of Nowhere

By Stiv Wilson on January 26, 2011

Movers and Shakers Inspiring Changemakers

By Stiv Wilson on January 22, 2011

These are the Sands of our Future

By Stiv Wilson on January 20, 2011

Turning and Turning In The Widening Gyre

By Stiv Wilson on January 18, 2011

Plastic Beaches and Driving With Saints

By Stiv Wilson on January 17, 2011

Message in a Bottle with Artist Jay Little: Bottle Release #191

By Stiv Wilson on January 13, 2011

Where O Where Has All The Plastic Gone?

By Stiv Wilson on January 12, 2011

Serendipity So Far, Dolphins On The Bow

By Stiv Wilson on January 10, 2011

Make Plastic Art, Get the Chance to Be on Our Next Expedition!

By Stiv Wilson on January 04, 2011

Land Ho!

By Stiv Wilson on December 13, 2010

Learning, Refining, Improving: 5 Gyres Thanks Quiksilver Foundation

By Anna Cummins on December 08, 2010

5 Gyres Q&A: Thinking About Solutions

By Marcus Eriksen on December 07, 2010

Minke in our midst!

By Anna Cummins on December 06, 2010

Revisiting Cape Basin plastic, 31 years later

By Anna Cummins on December 06, 2010

My Ecousable Waterbottle

By Marcus Eriksen on December 06, 2010

Rising from the Deep: Plastic!

By Marcus Eriksen on December 04, 2010

Gyre Sample #35: Life Without Plastic

By Anna Cummins on December 03, 2010

An Open Letter To Chaco USA

By Stiv Wilson on December 03, 2010

5 Gyres Q&A: Engaging Globally and Outreaching to Youth

By Anna Cummins on December 01, 2010

Flat Seas, No Breeze and a Mountain of Trash

By Marcus Eriksen on December 01, 2010

Want to Join 5 Gyres on Next Expedition?

By Stiv Wilson on November 29, 2010

Convenience Can Break the Entire Ocean

By Stiv Wilson on November 29, 2010

Slimeheads and plastic in the Gyre. We've arrived.

By Anna Cummins on November 29, 2010

Jumpin Gyre

By Marcus Eriksen on November 25, 2010

Light at the End of the Tunnel

By Anna Cummins on November 25, 2010

I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Is Gone

By Stiv Wilson on November 24, 2010

South Atlantic Gyre: Under the Weather

By Anna Cummins on November 23, 2010

Storm Trawling

By Marcus Eriksen on November 22, 2010

Watching Barometers is Like Watching Paint Dry

By Stiv Wilson on November 22, 2010

South Atlantic Gyre: Perfect tack for a nap

By Anna Cummins on November 22, 2010

Hove To in the Infamous Red Blob

By Stiv Wilson on November 22, 2010

Day 10: Good Morning Mainsail Rip and A Change Of Course

By Stiv Wilson on November 20, 2010

Plastic is Afloat

By Marcus Eriksen on November 19, 2010

Day 9: Still on the Nose, Crappy Weather, and Hard Days at Sea

By Stiv Wilson on November 19, 2010

Day 7 and 8: Still On The Nose -- And Updates on Life Aboard Sea Dragon

By Stiv Wilson on November 17, 2010

One week, 2 fish, 10 samples, and a Mended Mainsail

By Anna Cummins on November 16, 2010

Day 5: A Trivial Plastic Life

By Stiv Wilson on November 16, 2010

Day 4: Nerding Out With Chelsea Rochman

By Stiv Wilson on November 15, 2010

Day Three: Pretty Pink Piece Of Plastic

By Stiv Wilson on November 12, 2010

Day Two: A Tear in the Sail and Jumbled Seas

By Stiv Wilson on November 11, 2010

Day One: Feeding the Fishes

By Stiv Wilson on November 10, 2010

5 Gyres Crew and Sea Dragon Set Sail for South Atlantic Gyre

By Stiv Wilson on November 08, 2010

Off To Sea, The South Atlantic Gyre.

By Stiv Wilson on October 31, 2010

The 5 Gyres Institute Sets Sail For First Ever Transatlantic Survey Of The Southern Atlantic Gyre For Plastic Pollution

By Stiv Wilson on October 28, 2010

Life Without Plastic sponsors a South Atlantic Trawl!

By Anna Cummins on October 24, 2010

5 Gyres CoDirector Anna Cummins at TEDxMIDDLEBURY

By Stiv Wilson on October 21, 2010

BBC in the South Atlantic Garbage Patch

By Marcus Eriksen on October 11, 2010

Plastic Pollution in the South Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

By Anna Cummins on September 06, 2010

The Ups and Downs of plastic expeditions

By Anna Cummins on September 03, 2010

Plastic, myctophids, and ghost nets

By Anna Cummins on September 02, 2010

Day 5 in the South Atlantic: plastic everywhere

By Anna Cummins on September 02, 2010

Trawling for plastic - at 7-10 knots!

By Anna Cummins on August 30, 2010

Queasy in the EEZ: South Atlantic Gyre

By Anna Cummins on August 29, 2010

Meet Team Ascension

By Anna Cummins on August 26, 2010