C A T A R A C T A

Plastic pollution from rivers accounts for more than a quarter of the 8 million tons of plastic deposited into the World Ocean each year. Cataracta is a data artwork by Dan McCarey that continually visualizes the estimated flow of microplastics (particles <5 mm) into the World Ocean from ten rivers over a 24-hour period.

Data: Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea
Dan McCarey © 2019
Local time at mouth of river / Weight of microplastics in the current 24-hour period GMT