TheVortex

On today's episode of The Vortex, your host, Edgar Tejada, interviews his fellow students, Cathryn Flores, Kristen Islas, and Vishaal Kumar. Each member of the team will be presenting the research and finding of a published author on the scientific literature regarding the past, present, and future of the the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This rarely discussed pile up of plastic runoff exists between the gyres that span from California to Hawaii.

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About us

Meet the Team who made this Podcast possible.

(Vishaal Kumar) Dr. Lebreton

Dr. Lebreton

Oceanographer

Lead Oceanographer for the Ocean Cleanup Foundation. The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization.

(Kristen) Dr. Digregorio

Dr. Digregorio

Astrobiology Research Fellow

The director of the environmentally focused International Committee Against Mars Sample Return.

(Cathryn) Dr. Issitt

Dr. Issitt

researcher for the Seabin Project

Issitt is an editor of Opinions Throughout History: The Environment, an anthology that outlines solutions.

Edgar Tejada

Edgar Tejada

Host and Web designer

Edgar is a Computer Science and Writing student who enjoys science fiction.

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Watch the first episode of the Vortex podcast, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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