Zeke Spooner (top) with team members sampling tide pools at Bodega Marine Lab.

Blue Dot: Microplastics in the marine environment

  • by Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Zeke Spooner, a Ph.D student at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, to talk about microplastics.

They discuss the challenges in determining sources of plastics in the marine environment (note the brightly colored clothing above used to help identify clothing fiber contaminants) and how ubiquitous plastics are in ocean waters.

They talk about the ways microplastics get into even some of the most pristine waters and the marine organisms that live there. It's a fascinating look at plastic pollution, even an eye-opening discussion of how difficult it is to avoid it in your own home environment!

Listen to Podcast: https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2025-02-28/blue-dot-microplastics-in-the-marine-environment