About the Authors

Marcus Eriksen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

marcus@5gyres.org (ME); lisa@5gyres.org (LME)

Affiliation 5 Gyres Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Win Cowger

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America, Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Lisa M. Erdle

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

marcus@5gyres.org (ME); lisa@5gyres.org (LME)

Affiliation 5 Gyres Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Scott Coffin

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation California State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Charles J. Moore

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, Long Beach, California, United States of America, Algalita Marine Research and Education, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Edward J. Carpenter

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation EOS Center, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, California, United States of America

Robert H. Day

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ABR, Inc.--Environmental Research & Services, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Martin Thiel

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Facultad Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN), Coquimbo, Chile, Center for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Coquimbo, Chile

Chris Wilcox

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Minderoo Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.