{"id":5179,"date":"2021-12-14T10:56:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T10:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iat-old.polimi.it\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2022-12-07T17:40:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T17:40:13","slug":"ocean-cleanup-egger-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iat-old.polimi.it\/en\/news\/ocean-cleanup-egger-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The fate of floating plastic debris in the ocean (Dr. Matthias Egger, The Ocean Cleanup)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The courses of “Plastic Today: Key challenges and opportunities<\/a>” and “Climate and Global Changes in the Age of Sustainable Development<\/a>” are glad to jointly host a seminar by Dr. Matthias Egger<\/a>, Lead Ocean Field Scientist of The Ocean Cleanup<\/a> project.<\/p>\n

The seminar, entitled “The fate of floating plastic debris in the ocean<\/strong>“, will take place at 12:30, Monday December 20th, 2021<\/strong> in room 16b.1.1<\/a> (Leonardo Campus) or online (http:\/\/politecnicomilano.webex.com\/meet\/renato.casagrandi<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/em>: Plastic waste accumulating in the global ocean is an increasingly threatening environmental issue. A large mass of plastics is currently floating and accumulating in subtropical oceanic gyres. These so-called ocean garbage patches became a symbol of the impact of the widescale use of plastics and its discarding in the global ocean. In this presentation, I will summarize the current state of knowledge concerning the sources, transport, and fate of positively buoyant plastic debris in the ocean, ranging from micro- to macroplastics. Such information is of paramount importance to assess the long-term risks of ocean plastic pollution for marine ecosystems and to advance optimized mitigation strategies. Lastly, I will also discuss The Ocean Cleanup\u2019s approach to ridding the world\u2019s oceans of plastic.<\/p>\n

A flyer of the seminar is available Flyer_PoliMi_Egger_OceanCleanup<\/a><\/p>\n

See you there!<\/p>\n

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