Explorer Classroom | CSI for the Ocean with Ocean Exploration Trust Expedition: Microplastics Team
Bring ocean exploration to life in your classroom! Watch the third of four events in this special series, live from the Exploration Vessel Nautilus, during its expedition in the Hawaiian Islands. Explorer Classroom is a free, live YouTube show that connects learners with National Geographic Explorers. Tune in to hear behind-the-scenes stories about their lives as scientists, storytellers, and adventurers and get real-time answers to your students’ questions
Join the Microplastics expedition team, led by Explorer Rachael Miller, to learn how they will collect samples and create a map of microplastic and microfiber pollution found in the surface waters and air surrounding Maui and Lana'i. Their data will examine links between surface and airborne microplastics and observed macroplastics, with the goal of determining an accessible and inexpensive method for identifying marine debris hot spots—and ultimately preventing and remediating plastic pollution.
From Shore To the Abyss: Exploration of Maritime Heritage and Microplastic Pollution in the Main Hawaiian Islands
Our third From Shore to the Abyss expedition finds OET and National Geographic Society investigating maritime cultural heritage and plastic pollution in the waters around Lānaʻi and Maui. Both project teams will investigate evidence left behind by humans to better understand what happened in the past, as well as what this means for the future. Projects focus on the intersection of human actions and the ocean environment to inform policy and management of this ecosystem.
