The first five years (2019–2024) of operations of The Ocean Cleanup's Automated Debris Imaging System (ADIS) have been reviewed, and the findings have been published in Environmental Research Communications. In addition to reviewing the technology's performance, the study covers the initial 14,500 km2 of global ocean surface scanned for plastic debris and the more than 20,000 large floating objects it helped identify.

The first five years (2019–2024) of operations of The Ocean Cleanup’s Automated Debris Imaging System (ADIS) have been reviewed, and the findings have been published in Environmental Research Communications. In addition to reviewing the technology’s performance, the study covers the initial 14,500 km2 of global ocean surface scanned for plastic debris and the more than 20,000 large floating objects it helped identify.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Yay, let’s make more plastic garbage to find all the plastic garbage. Yeah I get it, but still…

    The more junk we make, the more trash there is…

    What’s their end goal with the data they collect? They seem to already have a good idea where the largest patches of garbage are already, so they should be focusing their effort on cleanup first and foremost.

    Fuckall with GoPro cameras, put them AI powered robots to a good use, teach them to swim and go grab all that fucking trash!