{"id":232622,"date":"2021-04-21T23:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/australia-enlists-amateur-scientists-to-study-microplastics\/"},"modified":"2021-04-21T23:47:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T20:47:00","slug":"australia-enlists-amateur-scientists-to-study-microplastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/australia-enlists-amateur-scientists-to-study-microplastics\/","title":{"rendered":"#Australia enlists amateur scientists to study microplastics"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Australia enlists amateur scientists to study microplastics<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Equipped with just a pan and sieve, a group of amateur scientists comb the beach looking for tiny bits of plastic that are near invisible to the naked eye but belie their threat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s evidence that we are breathing it, ingesting it in our foods. There\u2019s lots of studies showing it\u2019s in our water, it\u2019s in our food products,\u201d said Scott Wilson, research director of the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project<\/a> (AUSMAP).<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a good chance all of us will have some type of microplastic in our bodies at some stage \u2013 the question is what harm is that having?\u201d<\/p>\n

The widespread use of inexpensive disposable products has surged in the last 50 years and AUSMAP estimates app<\/a>roximately 12 million metric tonnes of plastic seep into oceans around the world every year.<\/p>\n

But since plastic is not biodegradable, it breaks down into smaller pieces over time.<\/p>\n

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Assorted microplastics are seen in a container at Macquarie University.<\/figcaption>
Jill Gralow\/Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These fragments \u2014 known as microplastic \u2014 have even been found in some of the most remote of locations, including the Pacific Ocean\u2019s Mariana Trench \u2013 the deepest place on Earth \u2013 and in ice cores in the Arctic.<\/p>\n

Little is known about how harmful microplastics are, Wilson said. A 2019 study by conservation group WWF International concluded that people could be ingesting the equivalent of a credit card of plastic a week.<\/p>\n

A pressing need to establish how widespread and harmful they are prompted dozens of amateur scientists to sign up to help AUSMAP.<\/p>\n

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Citizen scientists search for microplastics on Surf Beach in Kiama, Australia.<\/figcaption>
James Redmayne\/Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIf this is going to help find answers as to how we can prevent it getting it there and maybe cleaning up what\u2019s there, then it\u2019s worth doing. It\u2019s definitely worth doing,\u201d said Sarah Cook, a Sydney resident who is one of the volunteers scanning for microplastic.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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