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Route du rhum: Fabrice Amedeo to deploy buoys tracking currents and microplastic drift
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Route du rhum: Fabrice Amedeo to deploy buoys tracking currents and microplastic drift

So: Fabrice Amedeo is setting sail in the Route du Rhum with a mission beyond reaching the finish line. The former Le Figaro journalist plans to release seven Melodi buoys, each weighing 1.2 kilograms, to track Atlantic currents and the movement of floating plastics. The data will help researchers study an area where plastics accumulate in the ocean. Amedeo says he has wanted the miles he sails since 2019 to serve a broader purpose, becoming a kind of sentinel for the ocean.
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