Feth, L. (2023, August 16). The Ocean Cleanup Breaks Records With New Innovative Tech. Innovation & Tech Today. Retrieved August 24, 2023 from https://innotechtoday.com/the-oce an-cleanup-breaks-records-with-new-innovative-tech/
The Ocean Cleanup which is a nonprofit was able to achieve a significant milestone. They managed to remove 11,353 kilograms of trash from the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The patch is twice the size of Texas and results in a number of negatives including marine ecosystems and human health. This success was the result of a new and more effective model and a more efficient strategy for targeting hotspots.
This great milestone achieved by the Ocean Cleanup effort is extremely environmentally significant. Plastic pollution is one of the most important issues facing marine life. Plastic can release toxins and can trap sea life in addition to a great number of other harmful effects. The Great Garbage Pacific Patch is not the only garbage patch in the ocean. It is an important issue facing many areas. The Ocean Cleanup demonstrated that intelligent design in conjunction with AI can lead to highly effective ocean cleanup. Their success shows us how even though technology and industrialization have been the cause of many environmental problems they can also be the solution in many cases. I think it would be very interesting to see artificial intelligence being used more widely in ocean cleanup efforts and in environmental issues as a whole. The Garbage Patch has often been seen as almost impossible to fix, but with the great success of the Ocean Cleanup effort, it is clear that even the most complex environmental issues can be fixed with human ingenuity.
Two times the size of Texas is crazy John! Technology will assist humans with the pollution problem, being able to clean 24/7 and at a faster rate than a human could help reduce the total amount of pollution in oceans/land dramatically. What are some other technological ways we could reduce carbon in the ocean?
Thanks for your comment. One way technology can help with ocean acidification is by directly removing carbon. Similar to carbon capture technology we have the ability to deacidify the ocean.
This is great to hear, as the oceans has been polluted with human waste for years. The use of modern technology will only help in the mission to clean up the ocean.
Thanks for your comment. I agree that its good to see how technology can get us out of the situation it got us into.
I also read about the ocean cleanup group. It is really great how they have created technology to solve this big issue. I wonder what are ways for average people to help with this issue of ocean polluting?
Thanks for your comment. On the individual level, people can volunteer to manually collect trash, or donate to organizations that handle ocean pollution on a large scale.