Pin Pravalprukskul writes:
Over the past week I've been doing lots of research on ocean plastics, focusing on sampling methods that have been used in the past. I'm hoping to apply what I learn to our tow nets - and I can see some aspects of the towing that could be improved already. A lot of the papers are by Charles Moore, founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. He is one of the pioneering researchers on ocean plastics, having been one of the first to sail through the Trash Vortex in the North Pacific Gyre. He was shocked by the amount of plastic debris that was floating in the gyre, and so was spurred to change his research focus towards marine debris collected in gyres. More about Charles Moore and Algalita can be found here: http://www.algalita.org.
In the evening, our team of interns introduced our projects at the South Beach Yacht Club monthly members meeting. It was encouraging to see people so receptive to our work. Next month, we're going to present to the members the results of our research.
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