Skidaway researchers track plastic fibers in coastal food chain

on February 21, 2017

A group of Skidaway researchers examines a tray of fish while gathered around a table outdoors, possibly on a boat or dock near water, studying the impact of plastic fibers on the coastal food chain.

Photo: Michael Sullivan, UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

At UGA’s Skidaway Institute researchers are looking for plastics in the coastal environment and they are finding them almost everywhere, but not in the form they expected. Instead of finding tiny chunks of plastic they’re finding microscopic threads, or microfibers.

Read More form the Savannah Morning News February 19, 2017