ExclusiveThe voyage into the heart of the Atlantic gyre continues. To make landfall in Uruguay, we’re dependent on our e…
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BPA and Infertility: What’s Really Going On?
BPA, or Biphensol A, has become the scourge of environmentalists and health advocates. And rightly so – the chemical has…
Christmas in the Slums of Gugulethu: Part 2
The rains coming in mean bad news. In Gugulethu, the shanties here are on dirt and when the water comes, this equals mud…
The Slums of Cape Town: Part 1
I travel the world looking at garbage. Plastic garbage. This is my job. Our NGO quantifies plastic density in the oceani…
Arrival In Cape Town
After a journey that was punctuated by storms and unfavorable wind directions, the 5 Gyres crew arrived in Cape Town, So…
Wanting for Wastelands
With just over 700 nautical miles to go before landfall, the worst of the large debris appears to be behind us. Still, w…
The Demise of Fiji…Bottled Water
If a tree falls in the forest does it still make a sound? Along those lines, if a bottled water company loses its namesa…
The Eye of the Gyre
At long last, the weather is good. After enduring a storm that has tested my physical and mental endurance beyond any li…