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May 22, 2020, North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, Pacific Ocean: A dead tuna in a huge ball of old nets in the ocean. After a 48-day expedition, S/V KWAI’s offshore plastic recovery vessel successfully removed 103 tons (206,000 pounds). Fishing nets and consumer plastics from the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, more commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or Gyre. It set a new record with the largest at-sea whirlpool clean-up ever, doubling its record results compared to last year. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Also known as the Pacific Garbage Gyre, the Garbage Patch is actually two distinct collections of debris.
New artificial intelligence (AI) from Lausanne detects the presence of plastic in the sea through satellite images. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) announced on Thursday that this could help systematically cleanse the oceans of plastic waste using ships.
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