Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic
L. Lebreton,1,2 B. Slat,1 F. Ferrari,1 B. Sainte-Rose,1 J. Aitken,3 R. Marthouse,3 S. Hajbane,1 S. Cunsolo,1,4 A. Schwarz,1 A. Levivier,1 K. Noble,1,5 P. Debeljak,1,6 H. Maral,1,7 R. Schoeneich-Argent,1,8 R. Brambini,1,9 and J. Reisser1
1The Ocean Cleanup Foundation, Martinus Nijhofflaan 2, Delft, 2624 ES The Netherlands
2The Modelling House, 66b Upper Wainui Road, Raglan, 3297 New Zealand
3Teledyne Optech, Inc., 7225 Stennis Airport Road, Kiln, MS 39556 USA
4School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, Faculty of Technology, University of Portsmouth, Portland Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3AH UK
5Department of Biology, Marine Biology and Environmental Science, Roger Williams University, 1 Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809 USA
6Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Observatoire Océanologique, F-66650 Banyuls/mer, France
7Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, Technical University Munich, Arcisstraße 21, Munich, 80333 Germany
8ICBM-Terramare, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Schleusenstr. 1, Wilhelmshaven, 26382 Germany
9Civil Engineering Department, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vei 5, Aalborg, 9100 Denmark
Scientific Reportsvolume 8, Article number: 4666 (2018)
Scientific Reports, 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1
