Veolia Water Technologies by GineersNow Engineering Magazine GineersNow Engineering Magazine September 2016 | Page 17

The world is in big trouble now.
Our trash has endangered
different species and have
cause calamities in different
parts of the world. With the
alarming rate of disasters and
different deaths of animals,
scientists, engineers and
researchers have worked hard
to find a solution to problems
in pollution. This includes
cleaning the world’s oceans.
The Ocean Cleanup just
recently released a very simple
prototype that could help solve
water pollution problems.
This barrier prototype is 328
foot-long and it collects trash
that floats around in the
North Sea. People behind the
project wants this prototype
to work given the harsh water
conditions in the sea so this
one’s an ambitious project.
If the prototype launching
becomes successful, it will
send a 62 mile-long barrier to
the Pacific Ocean. It aims to
collect half of the trash field
in 10 years!
If you’re worried that it could
disturb the animals in the
sea, don’t worry. It won’t.
However, Jeffrey Drazen from
the University of Hawaii
warned Scientific American
that this barrier could mess up
the distribution of the animals
in the region. He also says that
this barrier could only clean up
what’s in the surface of the
ocean.
Photo by Engadget
SEPTEMBER 2016
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