In this episode of Plastisphere, Anja goes on a lab tour with the chemist Alexandra ter Halle from Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse. She and her team were the first to detect nanoplastic in the open ocean – plastic so small it’s almost the same size as a virus. What do we know about these very tiny plastic pieces, and how do researchers try to detect and understand them?
Music: Dorian Roy and Blue Dot Sessions sessions.blue/
Cover art: Maren von Stockhausen
Thanks to: Ines Blaesius, Luisa Beck, Tim Howard, Melanie Bergmann, Deborah Blum and the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT
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