Ocean Monitoring

San Diego Maritime Week

Consider……

We use 85,000,000 plastic bottles every 3 minutes

We use Permanent material for disposable products – 50% of all plastics made

Over 260m tons per year………

Roughly 90% never gets recycled

Mission: Restore the World’s Ocean

Challenge Humanity’s growing problem of marine debris60 years of neglect

NeedUnderstand, evaluate, inspire, prevent

FocusConvergence zones—beginning with the North

Pacific Gyre—expanding to other parts of the ocean over time.

Voyage Tracker

Programs Ocean Research Expeditions

Annual scientific expeditions to perform research at sea on the pattern and impact of marine debris

Break Through Analysis Our scientists analyze this new data in our

network of collaborating laboratories globally Innovation Development

We identify, test and promote new ways to retrieve and convert marine debris as well as prevent and reduce waste

Accelerating Change We apply our discoveries in programs to change

consumer behavior, improve industry practices, and craft public policy

History

Unvisited area – little knowledge

Science exploration, new data,

new questions……….

Awareness brings innovation

Opportunities

Global Ocean Recovery System

Visual Intelligence – satellite, “scanners,” detectors..

Communal Science InteractivityReal time, with a story