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Tag: microplastics

  • Wednesday, April 24, 6:30 pm – Plastics in the Marine Environment

    The Cohasset Garden Club is sponsoring a free public conservation meeting on Wednesday, April 24 beginning at 6:30 pm at the Lightkeeper’s Residence in Cohasset featuring Jessica Donahue, Research Associate, Sea Education Association. For 35 years, Sea Education Association (SEA) has been compiling the world’s largest dataset about plastics in the marine environment, including documenting the microplastics that float at the ocean’s surface. Learn about this global problem, why it matters, and the most promising approaches to tackle it.

  • Sunday, November 15, 3:00 pm – Monday, November 23, 11:45 am – Center for Coastal Studies Sea Change Film Shorts

    Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown presents Sea Change Film Shorts 2020 moderated by WBUR senior environmental editor Barbara Moran. The one-hour virtual special spotlights three films: “Spinnaker,” a festival award-winning short by Nadine Licostie about a New England juvenile humpback whale, and two shorts on microplastics’ destructive effect on all marine life.

    Moran will lead scientists in lively Q&A sessions throughout. The production includes additional film clips and surprise friends. Registered ticket holders are also granted on demand access to Sea Chest 2020, a collection of topical environmental film shorts curated by CCS staff.

    This one-hour production is free and available on demand from November 15 at 3:00 p.m. through November 23 at 11:45 p.m. Register at www.wbur.org