{"id":77875,"date":"2021-10-27T15:48:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T15:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=77875"},"modified":"2021-11-04T16:50:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:50:16","slug":"uri-launches-plastics-land-to-sea-web-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/uri-launches-plastics-land-to-sea-web-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 launches ‘Plastics: Land to Sea’ web platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I.\u2013 Oct. 27, 2021\u2013 A new 溏心vlog免费B站 web platform, \u201cPlastics: Land to Sea,\u201d has been launched to provide the science community with a burgeoning array of data resources and tools designed to inform and support dialogue concerning research focused efforts to start addressing plastics pollution. The platform can be found at: plastics.uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Via this public web presence, 溏心vlog免费B站 shares its university-wide COLAB (co-laboratories) initiative to actively contribute to solving increasing plastics pollution through bench and applied science and research, as well as a coordinated program of outreach and community collaboration. “Since arriving at the 溏心vlog免费B站, I have learned that its ability to collaborate across academic disciplines and with industry, government, and non-profit agencies around the world is one of its greatest strengths,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 President Marc Parlange. \u201cA plastics pollution initiative allows scientists, government, community leaders, and environmental advocates to work together on one of the greatest threats to human and animal health and to the overall health of the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a landmark study by Jambeck et al. published in 2015 it is estimated that 8 million metric tons of plastics waste entered the oceans from land inputs during the year 2010 alone. 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s COLAB initiative aims to continue to shed light on the environmental and economic reality of plastics pollution as a pressing global crisis. A deep dive into the site provides information concerning the University\u2019s campus-wide plastics pollution research project which engages dozens of 溏心vlog免费B站 scientists from various departments in collective \u201cco-lab\u201d activities to both understand pollution problems and pose solutions to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaborators are the 溏心vlog免费B站 Division of Research and Economic Development and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Coastal Institute, with significant guidance and participation from numerous faculty and staff working on plastics pollution research and outreach efforts. \u201cGood science informing sound policy is where we must begin,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站<\/em> Vice President for Research Peter Snyder. \u201cThis platform demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that the multidisciplinary science community can access collectively the information and tools it needs to strategize answers to the pressing problem of plastics pollution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides supporting the science community, the platform encourages the broader community to access and make use of the information. Community members may sign up for a newsfeed at: plastics.uri.edu\/sign-up-for-updates\/<\/a> to further explore the work and receive project updates. The platform offers concise and curated information and data about 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s plastics research, including sharing science stories visually and textually, and providing profiles on the people \u2013 scientists, staff, and students \u2013 behind the science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile we may lament the divide on trust in science that the pandemic has revealed, the \u2018Plastics: Land to Sea\u2019 COLAB invites the public in from the get-go to learn about the challenges, the hypothetical solutions, and their careful testing in applied settings,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 Coastal Institute Director Judith Swift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participating researchers describe the work as both ambitious and necessary, with an opportunity for students to engage in critical problem-solving at the ground level. \u201cIf we do not know where plastics are, where they go and how they are modified during transport, how are we to best manage plastic pollution or assess potential ecosystem impacts?\u201d said Andrew Davies, 溏心vlog免费B站 associate professor in biological sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coleen Suckling, a 溏心vlog免费B站 eco-physiologist, has spent several years applying a microplastics sampling program in an effort to study how the pollution impacts marine animals. \u201cMy goal is to help sustain future marine-based food supplies while ensuring economic and environmental sustainability,\u201d she said, adding that a multidisciplinary approach is critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 溏心vlog免费B站 Division of Research and Economic Development catalyzes novel research, scholarly and creative pursuits across the university and across all domains of intellectual curiosity and supports innovative strategic partnerships on a global scale. The 溏心vlog免费B站 Coastal Institute develops and supports partnerships to advance knowledge and develop solutions to environmental problems in coastal ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about the \u201cPlastics: Land to Sea\u201d web-based platform or the overall land-to-sea plastics research initiative at 溏心vlog免费B站 that aligns resources and academic strengths from humanities to sciences and from local to global partners, contact Judith Swift at (401) 524-1427 or jswift@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I.\u2013 Oct. 27, 2021\u2013 A new 溏心vlog免费B站 web platform, \u201cPlastics: Land to Sea,\u201d has been launched to provide the science community with a burgeoning array of data resources and tools designed to inform and support dialogue concerning research focused efforts to start addressing plastics pollution. The platform can be found at: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":77876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77875"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77892,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77875\/revisions\/77892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}