Martina Capriotti | Microplastics and Marine Life

Sep 13, 2021  9:30 - 10:15

(GMT -5:00) Eastern Time

Event URL:  https://www.exploringbytheseat.com/lesson/martina-capriotti-marine-biologist/
Hosted by: Exploring By The Seat of Your Pants

Martina is an Italian marine biologist and a researcher. She was born on the coast of the Adriatic Sea and developed an interest in ocean protection as a young scuba diver when she noticed pollution amid grazing fish on a trash-strewn reef. She received the National Geographic and Sky Ocean Rescue Scholarship, which supported her research on microplastics and chemical contamination in the Adriatic Sea. With this project, she hopes to warn people of the real damages that marine litter can have on the planet and the human community. She is currently studying how microplastics can affect suspension feeders as a postdoc at the University of Connecticut.