The Affects of Microplastics in Marine Environments and the Growing Field of Microplastics Research

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.