Algalita Media Center

Captain Moore talks with the World Affairs Council of Northern California about the state of our vulnerable oceans.

Captain Moore talks about the garbage patch that's turning the Pacific Ocean into a plastic wasteland.

Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.

See Jane Run takes a moment to honor Earth Day and find out about our plastic footprint from Captain Charles Moore of The Algalita Marine Research Foundation... Let Earth Day be Every day!

The base component of the marine food chain is being displaced by a non-digestible, non-nutritive component which is actually out-weighing and out-numbering the natural food. That is our core issue.

Departing from Los Angeles on June 2nd for Hawaii, Algalita staff set sail on "Junk," a raft built on 15,000 plastic bottles.

Great basic introduction into Plastic Pollution in the Ocean. Captain Charles Moore describes the marine debris research he has conducted on behalf of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation over the past 12 years.