Plastic Drifter (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Plastic Drifter

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The project used hundreds of biodegradable white plastic drifters in several experiments to mimic how flotsam, or floating debris, travels in the ocean.

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CARTHE/Guillaume Novelli

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