Plastic pollution is among one of the greatest threats to marine biodiversity. Despite contemporary efforts to curb this incursion, it remains one of the most impervious conservation issues for generations to come. Here, Owen describes his attempts to mitigate the modern sources of pollutants, where he investigated the impact of weather balloons within The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. At the time of his 2014 publication, he and his co-authors predicted 70% of these balloons released
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within 50km of the coast were modelled to impact the marine environment. While meteorological data is valuable, Owen argues that such archaic methods are consistently proving fatal to a range of marine organisms. This research was part of the Australian marine debris initiative managed by the Tangaroa Blue foundation, led by their director Heidi Taylor. This is a prime of example of citizen science in action to address environmental problem.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead
Links: Tangaroa Blue Foundation (https://www.tangaroablue.org/), The Centre for Ocean Research and Education (https://www.coresciences.org/)
Predictable pollution research paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X13007959
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Go to https://www.coresciences.org/oshea-bio to learn more about Dr. Owen O'Shea.
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