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Meanwhile, on the other side of the world in Buff’s Bay, South Africa, another team is honing a different set of innovative tools—drones equipped with AI-driven sensors. These drones, fitted with infrared and optical systems, can spot floating plastic from kilometers away, even during nighttime operations. The significance of this technology lies in the fact that the Ocean Garbage Patch isn’t a solid island of trash but a dynamic, dispersed collection of hotspots.