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Innovative technology to diagnose and monitor freshwater and ocean health

Discover. Diagnose. Protect.

Ocean Diagnostics develops innovative technologies to enable researchers and community scientists to monitor microplastic pollution and biodiversity loss.

The Problem

COMPLEX | GLOBAL | URGENT

While governments, researchers, industry and the public actively work to conserve and protect our oceans, collecting the data needed to inform solutions is expensive, time-consuming and sometimes impossible, especially at depth.​

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Microplastic and Microfibre Pollution

Estimates suggest global annual plastic emissions may reach 53 million metric tons per year by 2030. In the environment, plastic breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. Microplastics and microfibres are 5 mm and smaller in size, and they threaten environmental and human health on a global scale.
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Biodiversity Loss 

Humans and the environment rely on healthy biodiversity, but marine pollution, invasive species, overfishing, climate change and more human activities threaten biodiversity. Living Planet Report 2020 recorded a 68% average decline of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles from 1970 to 2016.

Our Data-Driven Solutions

 

INNOVATIVE | RELIABLE | SMART

Ocean Diagnostics develops portable, automated and affordable technologies to collect microplastics and environmental DNA anytime, anywhere.

Who We Are

PROBLEM SOLVERS | COLLABORATORS | EXPLORERS

 

 

Ocean Diagnostics is an environmental impact company founded by scientists and engineers frustrated by the inability to contribute microplastics data. Today, our commercialized technologies enable researchers and citizen scientists around the world to access the scientific data needed to inform and monitor solutions for microplastic pollution and biodiversity loss. 

 

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Our Partners

 

CURIOUS | COMPASSIONATE | COLLABORATIVE

"To protect the ocean, we first need to understand it."
- UNESCO

News and Stories

Microplastics found in the sand are picked with tweezers and added to a container for further analysis.
Community Science Uncovers Microplastics in Canada’s North Coast
Oct 28, 2025
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Ocean Diagnostics’ eDNA Sampler Protects Ascension Island Biodiversity
Sep 15, 2025
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Ascension Depth Sampler for Microplastics Receives Pump upgrade
Aug 27, 2025
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Researcher stands beside the Ascension depth sampler which rests on the side of a boat in the ocean at sunset.
Canadian technology can help tackle the global microplastics problem
Aug 25, 2025
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Export Barbados and Ocean Diagnostics Protect Island Coasts from Microplastic Pollution
Aug 12, 2025
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Ocean Diagnostics’ Technology Collects eDNA for World’s Largest Marine Dataset
Aug 5, 2025
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