Microplastics on Ocean Beach

Students in Maren Anderson's Marine Bio class partner with the 5Gyres Institute, who works to educate and research about plastics pollution in the ocean. Students use the random quadrant sampling technique to collect data on microplastics on Ocean Beach, adding to the three-year data set that 5Gyres has worked to collect in order to better understand how plastics are entering and exiting our oceans along the coast of California. Students also worked with 5Gyres Ambassador and artist Maya Weeks who creates temporary installations using ocean and beach trash in order to bring awareness to the issues we have with pollution.