Contact information
Name:
Ana Meyerson
Phone:
5193
Email:
meyersor@lafayette.edu
When:
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where:
Van Wickle Room 108
Presenter:
Dr. Erik Zettler ( Professor of Oceanography, Assoc. Dean for SEA Education )
Price:
Free
Plastic which is now the most common form of marine debris, and the effects of this human-generated pollution on marine life due o entanglement and ingestion are well documented. Media interest in the " Great Pacific Garbage Patch " and debris generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan has focused public & scientific attention on plastic marine debris.
Sponsored by:
Department of Geology