Pourquoi nous avons besoin de meilleures technologies pour étudier les microplastiques | Jenni Brandon | TEDxEncinitas Blvd

La biologiste marine Dr Jennifer Brandon présente les avancées technologiques récentes de la recherche marine, qui permettent d'observer les microplastiques à une échelle beaucoup plus fine. Ses travaux portent sur la pollution plastique, notamment sur des techniques mises au point pour identifier et quantifier les microplastiques. Elle évoque aussi une observation sur la hausse des microplastiques dans les archives sédimentaires modernes. L'intervention a été donnée lors de TEDxEncinitasBlvd, un événement TEDx organisé de manière indépendante.

• Des outils plus performants pour détecter les microplastiques en milieu marin
• Des méthodes pour identifier et quantifier les microplastiques
• Des microplastiques retrouvés dans les archives sédimentaires modernes

This talk from Dr. Jennifer Brandon at TEDxEncinitasBlvd explores the technological breakthroughs in marine research that are now allowing us to see microplastics at a whole new scale. TEDxEncinitasBlvd was made possible by Executive Producer, Lead Organizer, and Editor Rohan Phadnis, WayZero, and BAAIRS. Dr. Jennifer Brandon is a PhD marine biologist and ecologist who has spent most of the last decade researching plastic pollution. She has developed multiple new techniques to identify and quantify microplastics and she was the first to discover the exponential increase of microplastics being left behind in our modern sediment record. She has been interviewed dozens of times for her expertise in marine plastics, including by NPR, The New Yorker, and the BBC. She is also an expert in science communication, and has given hundreds of lectures and invited talks, including as a National Academy of Sciences Distinguished Speaker and as a guest of the US Consulate in Brazil. Jenni holds a MS in Marine Biology and PhD in Biological Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx