Haram, Linsey E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3432-0956
Carlton, James T.
Centurioni, Luca
Choong, Henry http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6689-7533
Cornwell, Brendan
Crowley, Mary
Egger, Matthias
Hafner, Jan
Hormann, Verena http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5470-5602
Lebreton, Laurent
Maximenko, Nikolai
McCuller, Megan
Murray, Cathryn
Par, Jenny
Shcherbina, Andrey
Wright, Cynthia
Ruiz, Gregory M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2499-441X
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559, 80NSSC17K0559)
Ocean Voyages Institute - https://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org/
The Ocean Cleanup - https://theoceancleanup.com/
Article History
Received: 6 May 2022
Accepted: 24 January 2023
First Online: 17 April 2023
Competing interests
: M.C., a member of the FloatEco team, directs Ocean Voyages Institute (ExternalRef removed), which is a non-profit organization, headquartered in Sausalito, California, that conducts marine debris cleanup operations in the ENPSG, among other areas across the globe, and works with members of the FloatEco research team to improve our understanding of physical drivers of plastic accumulation in the ENPSG and its ramifications for marine biodiversity. L.L. and M.E. are employed by The Ocean Cleanup (ExternalRef removed), a non-profit organization aimed at advancing scientific understanding and developing solutions to rid the oceans of plastic, headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The remaining authors of this manuscript have no competing interests to disclose.