Ocean Plastics with Delphine Lobelle

Marine plastic pollution is a growing crisis which threatens the health of marine environments and wildlife, and promises to reshape how humans interact with the ocean. In this Webinar, EGU will be sitting to talk interview-style with Delphine Lobelle, Physical Oceanographer at the University of Utrecht. We’ll be exploring the issue and asking how much plastic is entering the ocean and where is it ending up? What is in store for the future of ocean health? And just how much should we care about plastic straws?

The webinar will conclude with an audience Q&A, so come prepped with your own questions!

Delphine Lobelle is a physical oceanographer and post-doctoral researcher at Utrecht University (The Netherlands). She works in a team funded by the European Research Council: Tracking of Plastic In Our Seas (TOPIOS), which aims to estimate the distribution of ocean plastic in different reservoirs (e.g. the ocean floor, the beaches, the water column). Delphine specifically investigates the modelled effects of biological growth on the global 3D transport of microplastic in the oceans. She is also working half-time on a material flow analysis of plastic waste in The Netherlands to estimate the amount of plastic that ends up in the environment. Delphine is the co-organiser of Ocean Plastic Webinars (live monthly online research talks), and is always interested in getting involved in public engagement and science communication events.

The Webinar is expected to last up to a maximum of one hour and will start at 13.00CEST on Wednesday 30 June 2021.

You can view the online event here (Youtube).

If you have any questions about ‘Ocean Plastics with Delphine Lobelle’, please contact us via webinars@egu.eu.