Plastic Pollution and the Marine Environment

We welcome Jessica Donohue, Research Associate at Sea Education
Association (SEA). SEA has a 35-year dataset of surface ocean plastics
collected by SEA students, faculty and crew; the largest dataset of its
kind in the world. Using this dataset as a jumping off point, the global
problem of plastic pollution in the marine environment will be
discussed, focusing on microplastics floating at the surface of the ocean.
Jessica will explain how these data are collected, where plastics
accumulate and come from, along with impacts and solutions to this
global problem.