X Trillion Pieces of Plastic: An Expedition to the North Pacific Great Garbage Patch | Siri Østvold
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Episode notes
In this episode, Siri Østvold shares her experiences from an expedition to the Great Garbage Patch in the North Pacific Ocean, where the crew measured microplastic pollution in one of Earth's most remote areas.
Despite being 1,000 miles from land, they discovered alarming traces of humanity, as the ocean is expected to have more plastic than fish by 2050. Join us as Siri recounts the challenges faced by eXXpedition's all-women crew, led by renowned ocean advocate, Emily Penn, in their mission to uncover the realities of plastic pollution.
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oceanocean conservationplasticmicroplasticspollutionpacificwomenadventureexpedition