Today Sam and I traveled over to WHOI again to meet with a doctor, Dr. Moore. Dr. Moore is not in the field that we are researching, micro plastics, but he still works with apart of our project, pollution. He researches the pollution and how it affects whales, specifically right whales, and how they get affected by lobster and snow crab traps and lines. He had a lot to say about how close right whales are getting to becoming extinct, he expressed serious sadness because he’s been working on this issue for over 30 years and as Dr. Moore puts it “it hasn’t gotten better the way it’s supposed to” the reason he was so down about this is because humans are the ones who are ruining this beautiful animals existence, with not only the brutal cruelty of the traps and lines, but mostly the propellers from ships. These cause most the deaths of whales, and also, starvation, because of climate change and water temperature change. Back to the traps and lines, the reason this pollution is so harmful
Cool to see you guys getting some hands-on work and speaking with people in the field to learn a little more about the impact of micro-plastics. Excited to hear more about some of those interactions that you have on the horizon.
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