If you’ve spent time in or along urban streams, you’ve probably seen trash hanging out in or near the channel. This trash (or anthropogenic debris) can range from plastic bags and bottles to shopping carts and car tires. But some sections of urban streams have more trash than others. We …
Plastic pollution is everywhere we look, and Great Lakes beaches are no exception. In this paper – featuring the work of four undergraduate researchers – we took a detailed look at plastic and other litter on a popular Cleveland (Ohio) beach. We wanted to know how much plastic was on …
The Watershed Lab in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont seeks a graduate student to work on a fully-funded project on microplastics in Lake Champlain, beginning in June 2024. Lake Champlain is an 1100 km2 lake between Vermont and New York, and this …