ORCID
- Thompson, Richard: 0000-0003-2262-6621
Abstract
A voyage through plastic oceans. Richard Thompson applauds a chronicle alerting the world to marine polymer pollution. The story of a voyage bearing witness to plastic pollution in the oceans, Junk Raft is a stimulating, thought-provoking and factually grounded read. Science educator and researcher Marcus Eriksen’s navigational feat is gripping — 88 days crossing some 4,000 kilometres of open ocean between Los Angeles and Hawaii, on a raft crafted from 15,000 plastic bottles lashed into fishing nets. But it is more. Woven through the chronicle are two equally fascinating storylines: of Eriksen’s evolution from soldier to head of the environmental non-profit 5 Gyres Institute, and of a journey that we all need to take toward a more sustainable use of plastics.
DOI
10.1038/547278a
Publication Date
2017-01-01
Publication Title
Nature
Volume
547
Issue
7663
First Page
278
Last Page
279
ISSN
0028-0836
Embargo Period
2023-10-03
Organisational Unit
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
Recommended Citation
Thompson, R. (2017) 'Environment: A journey on plastic seas', Nature, 547(7663), pp. 278-279. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/547278a
