Plastic Particles Are Contaminating Our Oceans | What This Chemist Has Discovered
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Joining us today is Dr. Michael Gonsior, a tenured associate professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. With a background in analytical chemistry and engineering, Dr. Gonsior found his passion in water chemistry, and he is using his knowledge to research the ocean at a molecular level.
Dr. Gonsior has worked all over the world studying marine biogeochemistry, specifically trying to characterize "dissolved organic matter" in the ocean – a material researchers are still trying to understand…
Jump into the conversation now to uncover:
- How microplastic accumulates in the global ocean.
- The organic matter that researchers are finding in the ocean, and where it comes from.
- Why we must rethink the age of the deep ocean, and how old it may actually be.
- How viruses influence the growth of algae.
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| 0:18.0 | Richard Jacobs has made his life's mission to find them for you. |
| 0:22.0 | He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field. |
| 0:25.0 | Sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. |
| 0:29.0 | Come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | The Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | Now part of the Finding Genius Foundation. |
| 0:43.0 | I have Michael Gunzior, he's an associate professor. |
| 0:46.0 | Part of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at University of Maryland. |
| 0:50.0 | We're going to talk about his research on the oceans and organic matter and plastics. |
| 0:54.0 | So, Michael, thanks for coming. |
| 0:56.0 | Yeah, thank you for inviting me. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm looking forward to talk to you. |
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