Microplastics from Space
Client • Personal Project
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An illustration depicting an innovative new way to track plastic pollution.
This illustration was inspired by a really interesting article from The Conversation, about the clever use of a NASA weather satellite allowing scientists to study the amount of microplastics in our oceans.
From the article; "Annual global production of plastic has increased every year since the 1950s, reaching 359 million metric tons in 2018. Much of it ends up in open, uncontrolled landfills, where it can wash into river drainage zones and ultimately into the world’s oceans. Researchers first documented plastic debris in the oceans in the 1970s. Today, it accounts for an estimated 80% to 85% of marine litter."
You can read the full article here.
