Having left Bordeaux (France) on March 15, the “Race for Water Odyssey” scientific sailing expedition, which aims to protect the oceans from plastic pollution, arrived in the Azores on Friday. The expedition’s first scientific data will be collected in this archipelago.
The “Race for Water Odyssey” (R4WO) arrived in Horta, in the archipelago of the Azores, on Friday, after a little over 5 days of sailing. This archipelago is located within the Northern Atlantic’s trash vortex. The expedition will implement its scientific protocol for the first time on 5 of the island’s beaches. These beaches act as natural barriers against plastic pollution, trapping and accumulating trash on their shores, and are therefore representatives of plastic pollution in the surrounding waters. Read More
