Ocean Awards 2021: The Science Award
May 05, 2021•27 min•Ep. 6
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Episode description
Dr Lauren Biermann from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory was awarded the Ocean Awards 2021 Science Award for her work using satellite data to find patches of floating plastic litter from space. Speaking here to Charles Clover of Blue Marine Foundation, she describes how she developed a machine learning algorithm to help the satellites distinguish between ocean debris and plastics, helping take the first step in removing plastic litter from our oceans.
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