{"id":21726,"date":"2021-05-21T11:26:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T18:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/?p=21726"},"modified":"2021-05-22T12:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T19:45:56","slug":"microplastics-in-monterey-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2021\/05\/21\/microplastics-in-monterey-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Microplastics in Monterey Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-21726\"  class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-21726-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-21726-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-21726-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21727 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2021\/05\/Bri-Sotkovsky-882x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2021\/05\/Bri-Sotkovsky-882x1024.jpg 882w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2021\/05\/Bri-Sotkovsky-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2021\/05\/Bri-Sotkovsky-768x892.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2021\/05\/Bri-Sotkovsky.jpg 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/>By Bri Sotkovsky, <a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/geooce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLML Geological Oceanography Lab<\/a> <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are microplastics?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hi there! My name is Bri and for my graduate thesis work at Moss Landing Marine Labs I plan to focus on microplastics in the beach habitat, and how it may be affecting the health of Monterey Bay\u2019s ecosystem. This blog will walk you through an overview of microplastics and why this research is important. \u201cOne study estimated there are 15 to 51 trillion <\/span>microplastics<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> particles floating on the surface of the oceans. A trillion is one thousand billion. A trillion seconds is nearly 32,000 years\u201d (National Geographic). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Microplastics pollute many aquatic ecosystems, but due to their small size, they often find themselves exempt from regulations that attempt to maintain the health of said aquatic ecosystems. Micro, coming from the Greek prefix meaning small (less than 5 mm to be precise) and plastics, also d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">erived from the Greek word ''plastikos'' meaning fit for moulding, can come from a wide range of products with varying levels of semi- or fully synthetic polymers (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">materials constituted of long molecular chains (macromolecules) and organic connections obtained through processing of natural products or through synthesis of primary materials from oil, gas, or coal).<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2021\/05\/21\/microplastics-in-monterey-bay\/#more-21726\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bri Sotkovsky, MLML Geological Oceanography Lab &nbsp; What are microplastics? Hi there! My name is Bri and for my graduate thesis work at Moss Landing Marine Labs I plan to focus on microplastics in the beach habitat, and how it may be affecting the health of Monterey Bay\u2019s ecosystem. 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