ENVR 1301- Haelei Trout 1st post
In this class I look forward to learning new things going on in my planet. You really only learn about what is going on around you, or in big cities like LA.. but what about the small towns? What is going on there?
3.3.3 My Plastic Use
When we imagine the ocean filled with pollution, most of our minds picture large plastic bottles, or floaties that have floated away, or maybe even bags. But what about all of the pollution that we cannot see with the naked eye? Abby Barrows, a marine research scientist from MI, collected water samples locally, about a half a liter , and took those samples to a lab. When she placed the water samples under a microscope she was in disbelief of all of the colored plastic particles she could see in the water. From the water sample she took from a nearby lake, she began to wonder what could be happening in the ocean, or even our drinking water? She began to wonder, where are these specs not? So Abby Barrows partnered with adventure scientists to conduct a research to see just how contaminated water is. Adventure science is a nonprofit organization that gathers scientists and researchers together across the world to study natural resources. Upon their examinations, almost every single ...
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