Marcus Eriksen

Marcus Eriksen is the cofounder and director of research for the 5 Gyres Institute, with firsthand experience from more than twenty ocean-crossing expeditions, and he has written and published research on the impact of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. He is the author of Junk Raft and My River Home: A Journey from the Gulf War to the Gulf of Mexico .

Marcus Eriksen is the cofounder and director of research for the 5 Gyres Institute, with firsthand experience from more than twenty ocean-crossing expeditions, and he has written and published research on the impact of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. He is the author of Junk Raft and My River Home: A Journey from the Gulf War to the Gulf of Mexico . See less