The Affects of Microplastics in Marine Environments and the Growing Field of Microplastics Research
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Plastic pollution in the environment breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces, called microplastics, which are now pervasive in water systems all over the world. Dr. Lyda Harris is a marine biologist and microplastics researcher based in Seattle, and is a postdoctoral microplastic fellow at the Seattle Aquarium. She recently gave a talk on the growing field of marine microplastic pollution and her work.