Beach Plastic Exploration and Movie Event!
Come join the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Mississippi State University Coastal Research and Extension Service to learn about the fate of plastics in our environment.
What: Expert-led Nurdle Patrols at 10 am and 12 pm. Showings* of “The Smog of the Sea” at 11:15 am and 1:15 pm.
Where: Dauphin Island East End Beach.
When: Saturday June 3rd at 10am and 12pm.
*Light Refreshments will be served
We’ll be learning about and conducting “nurdle patrols” to find and document plastics on our beaches and adding our data to the map. A nurdle is a plastic pellet which serves as raw material in the manufacturing of plastic products. There will be informational tables from MSU Extension Agents about how we study microplastics, how microplastics impact the marine environment, and how we can reduce our everyday use of plastic. The Smog of the Sea chronicles a 1-week journey through the remote waters of the Sargasso Sea. Marine scientist Marcus Eriksen invited onboard an unusual crew to help him study the sea: renowned surfers Keith & Dan Malloy, musician Jack Johnson, spearfisher woman Kimi Werner, and bodysurfer Mark Cunningham become citizen scientists on a mission to assess the fate of plastics in the world’s oceans.
