How Can Pollution Impact Aquatic Ecosystems? | Advice From A Researcher
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss environmental contaminants in aquatic systems with Rachel Giles. Rachel is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Here, she researches pollution in rivers – specifically looking at how contaminants such as microplastics impact the things living in these ecosystems.
In addition to her research as an aquatic ecologist, Rachel also participates in outreach and education. From increasing waste literacy to decreasing trash pollution, Rachel is on a mission to educate people on the intricacies of environmental contaminants and the impacts they have…
Join the conversation now to uncover:
- How different types of microplastics affect river systems.
- How tire rubber contributes to plastic pollution in both urban and rural environments.
- What "flush events" are, and what they can reveal about environmental contaminants.
- The ways in which local communities can mitigate river contamination.
To learn more about Rachel and her work, visit rachelkgiles.com now!
Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Mostly, I'm trying to answer the question, |
| 0:02.6 | how do different mixtures of stressors |
| 0:05.5 | or environmental contaminants impact |
| 0:07.6 | the things living in rivers? |
| 0:09.2 | So that's sort of the bulk of the research |
| 0:11.2 | that I try to answer now. |
| 0:13.0 | But I also like to do a lot of outreach, |
| 0:15.2 | whether it's working with school groups |
| 0:17.1 | or community group, undergraduate students and more, |
| 0:19.8 | both in terms of educating them on waste literacy |
| 0:22.9 | and the kinds of research that I do, |
| 0:25.0 | as well as actually working with communities |
| 0:27.0 | to do research within communities |
| 0:29.4 | where we collect data together, |
| 0:31.2 | we build these protocols together, |
| 0:33.2 | and then we talk about the results |
| 0:34.9 | of the data that we found. |
| 0:36.7 | Forget frequently asked questions. |
| 0:38.5 | Common sense, common knowledge, or Google. |
| 0:41.0 | How about advice from a real genius? |
| 0:43.2 | 95% of people in any profession |
| 0:45.6 | are good enough to be qualified in license. |
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