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Human Elements
How otters can save the sea
Dr. Shawn Larson studies otters and how they can recover imperiled ecosystems.
The plastic in everything
The world of science is full of facts and figures, but behind the study are the people. In the end, it becomes a question not of how they do science — but why?
The plastic in everything
Season 2 Episode 6 | 6m 7s | CC
When Dr. Lyda Harris looks at the water, she can see something that’s invisible to most, microplastics. These pieces of plastic, less than five millimeters and more than one micron in size, are everywhere. As a microplastics fellow at the Seattle Aquarium, she gets an up-close look at how these tiny particles affect the waters around us and the creatures that inhabit them.
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