IGNYTE Magazine Issue 02 | Page 47

Dr. Marcus Eriksen ,

Co-Founder of 5 gyres, describes gyres:

A gyre is a large-scale system of wind-driven surface currents in the ocean. The gyres referred to in the name of our organization are the five main subtropical gyres — located in the North and South Pacific, the North and South Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean — which are massive, circular current systems.

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