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Oceanography

First successful trawls during vertical distribution expedition

Expedition update from the Atlantic Ocean

17 June 2015 Boyan Slat
Oceanography

Announcing the Mega Expedition

The Ocean Cleanup, founded by the Dutchman Boyan Slat (1994) who invented a method aimed at cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, today announced its next major project: the…

20 April 2015
Oceanography

The Wylde Swan expedition completed

Only a few days ago our fourth expedition reached the Azores after a month of sailing the North Atlantic Ocean.

9 April 2015
Oceanography

Wylde Swan Expedition’s departure from Sint Maarten

Today, our sampling team left Sint Maarten, embarking on a month-long expedition through the North Atlantic Gyre.

12 March 2015
Oceanography

Ocean Plastic Within Reachable Cleanup Depths

A study published today in the journal Biogeosciences is reporting the first ever high-resolution vertical profiles of plastic pollution in the so-called “ocean garbage patches”.

26 February 2015
Research

It’s here: Feasibility Study V2.0

Feasibility Study V2.0 is now available for download.

24 November 2014
General

Crowd funding campaign successfully completed

With the support of over 38,000 funders from 160 countries, in 100 days over US$ 2 million has been raised.

15 September 2014
Oceanography

Third expedition completed

While we are making preparations to start Phase 2, our work continues. We have just finished our third expedition to the North Atlantic Gyre, to measure the depth profile of…

20 June 2014
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Responding to critics

I never intended to write this piece. The articles I am about to comment on are now over a year old, and when people asked me for a response on…

8 June 2014 Boyan Slat
Research

Feasibility study published

Watch The Ocean Cleanup Release Event which took place in New York City on June 3rd where the results of the feasibility study were presented.

3 June 2014
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