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Discover. Diagnose. Protect. 

 

Ocean Diagnostics develops innovative technologies to monitor microplastics and biodiversity loss in freshwater and marine environments.

 

Collect The Reliable Scientific Data Needed To Inform Solutions.

The Problem

COMPLEX | GLOBAL | URGENT

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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 Technologies and Services

 

INNOVATIVE | RELIABLE | SMART

Who We Are

PROBLEM SOLVERS | COLLABORATORS | EXPLORERS

 

 

Ocean Diagnostics is an environmental impact company founded by scientists and engineers frustrated by the inability to collect environmental microplastics data. Today, our commercialized technologies enable researchers and citizen scientists around the world to access the microplastics and environmental DNA needed to inform and monitor solutions for plastic 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

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Woman kneels along a river's edge to collect eDNA surface samples using a vacuum pump system from Ocean Diagnostics
Environmental DNA Surface Sampling Methods in Freshwater Environments
Dec 9, 2025
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A woman with bright red hair and wearing all black kneels along a creek in a densely populated forest with deep green ferns. She holds an eDNA sampling pump in one hand while collecting freshwater eDNA samples on a filter in the other hand.
eDNA Surface Sampling for Freshwater Environments
Nov 25, 2025
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PhD researcher sits at the bow of a dingy in the ocean smiling and holding a filter into a jar of water as the eDNA surface sampler pump filters water and collects eDNA on her filter.
Uncovering Whale Behaviours with New eDNA Sampling Technology
Nov 3, 2025
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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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A researcher sits on the side of a small boat in the ocean, holding the Ascension microplastics depth sampler on their lap, preparing to deploy it in the ocean.
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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