First up, Annika Dudik will share her #NSFfunded #REU work on plastic distribution in an urban stream and floodplain. She's presenting our first true #microplastics data, along with a lot of #macroplastic #trashystreams data. Here's a sneak preview of her poster. #plasticpollution #AGU22

First up, Annika Dudik will share her #NSFfunded #REU work on plastic distribution in an urban stream and floodplain. She's presenting our first true #microplastics data, along with a lot of #macroplastic #trashystreams data. Here's a sneak preview of her poster. #plasticpollution #AGU22

I'm sad to be missing out on in person science and networking, but I'll be online #AGU22. Two of my Kent State #UndergraduateResearch students will be sharing their work in the poster session. Check out their e-posters online or in person. #plasticpollution #trashystreams #plasticbeaches

Final final exam at Kent State under way. Time to finish packing those office and lab spaces. Eek!

Got 1 lab mostly done yesterday. The two crates contain samples I need for further analysis for our #trashystreams and #plasticbeaches work. A few things left on the counter to pack, and a well stocked lab ready for a new hire next year. #moving

Last talk in Cleveland for the foreseeable future is now done. Thanks for letting me talk #trashystreams Friends of Cleveland Museum of Natural History! You had amazing questions! #CMNH #publicengagement

If you missed my talk on the geomorphic context of #TrashyStreams and #PlasticPollution yesterday, the recording is available now: youtu.be/LXleVaQIIh4 Feedback welcome!

Happening in 15 minutes! I'm giving the AGU EPSP webinar on the geomorphic context of litter in urban streams. Register and join us here: https://csumb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdu-qqDsuHNKh4-95Lfd4zJLYpwwcEHBg. #TrashyStreams #PlasticPollution

Rare late night work session has me squeeing with happiness at our rich #PlasticPollution #TrashyStreams dataset. I love finding the stories that the data are trying to tell us.

#SelfPromotionSaturday is a thing here? Ok, I’m giving a webinar on my research on #TrashyStreams on Wednesday and it’s free and open for anyone interested in #geomorphology of #UrbanStreams or #PlasticPollution. Details & registration here: https://csumb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdu-qqDsuHNKh4-95Lfd4zJLYpwwcEHBg

At the moment a lot of my research focuses on #PlasticPollution and #TrashyStreams. Why?

At least in part, it’s because of my 7 year old who has been obsessed with garbage and recycling since age 2 and brings books like this home from the library.

Digging through National Archives photos of the Cuyahoga River and I found this 1975 image of an open dump on the banks of Mill Creek, just upstream of one of our #trashystreams reaches. That would explain some of the old things we found.