Posts Tagged ‘microplastics’

Ben Lecomte’s Swim Ends With 1,000 New Scientific Samples… What’s Next?

Ben Lecomte’s Swim Ends With 1,000 New Scientific Samples… What’s Next?

FROM http://www.youtube.com/Seeker Broken sails don’t mean broken spirits for Ben Lecomte and his team. After six grueling months on the water, ‘Seeker’ has landed in Hawaii with a treasure trove of rare data and a commitment to a cleaner future. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not [Read more]

Nurdles in Nipigon Bay: Local Microplastics Concern (Videos)

Nurdles in Nipigon Bay: Local Microplastics Concern (Videos)

CLICK ON VIDEO (above) TO WATCH (scroll past article for Part 2 of video below) What’s a nurdle? Glad you asked. Nurdles are a pre-production plastic pellet about 1 to 5mm in diameter, and they’re on the North Shore’s doorstep. The InfoSuperior Team learned of nurdles washing up on Lake [Read more]

New Environmental Group to Meet Next Week

New Environmental Group to Meet Next Week

A new environmental group for the Nipigon/Red Rock/Lake Helen/Rocky Bay area will be meeting at 7 p.m. on May 3rd at the Lake Helen Community Centre. The meeting will focus on Great Lakes microplastics, especially the small plastic “nurdles”, or beads, which have been washing up on [Read more]

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