What can plastic fragments reveal
Jun 16th, 2026
What can plastic fragments found in an animal檚 digestive tract tell us about the waters it has traversed?
Dr. Max Liboiron, Department of Geography, MUN reflects on studying plastics found in animal digestive tracts and how this forensic work reveals hidden underwater landscapes.
"Only after new students spend about forty hours at the microscope does the story assemble, and they begin to build their own map. They come to understand the constellation of the sample檚 environment, where 渆nvironment is never just nature, but also the hunter檚 clothing, the animal檚 prey, the weather on the day it was caught."