Microplastic & Sailing Trip
On the track of washed-up microplastics, the 4 groups of the sailing trip Segeln und Forschen have taken samples of the sand on the beach of Fetovaia (Italy) respectively and analyzed those at the HYDRA Institute of Marine Sciences. On their route Genoa-Elba-Sardinia-Elba-Genoa, the participants had already examined samples of the sea surface for microplastics from aboard the sailing ship. In the upper 5 cm of the so-called wash margin the result was the same: in each sample plastic particles from 0.63 to 6 mm can be found!
A big thank you goes to the enthusiastic participants, the captain & the doctor and the HYDRA Institute.
