Supported by: URI Panhellenic Society
John “J.P.” Walsh, Professor of Oceanography and Director of the Coastal Resources Center. Photo credit: Beau Jones.
Many have speculated that the seabed is the final accumulation of microplastics, but the data are limited. This interdisciplinary research team is sampling, examining, and measuring plastics from shoreline to seafloor to examine the storage and sedimentary record of marine plastics to help evaluate its impact on ecosystems. The group is engaging with other scientists at the University of Rhode Island and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the Narragansett RI Bay Campus.