H180
Plastics in the Geosphere II eLightning

Tuesday, 15 December 2020: 10:00-11:00
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Tim H M van Emmerik, Wageningen University and Research Center, Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen, Netherlands
Conveners:  Monica M Arienzo, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, Jennifer D Drummond, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom and Sarah-Jeanne Royer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, Honolulu, HI, United States
Primary Liaison:  Tim H M van Emmerik, The Ocean Cleanup, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Chairs:  Tim H M van Emmerik, The Ocean Cleanup, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monica M Arienzo, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, Jennifer D Drummond, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom and Sarah-Jeanne Royer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, Honolulu, HI, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Monica M Arienzo, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
10:03
Are clothes dryers a source of microplastics to the atmosphere? (669519)
Monica M Arienzo1, Meghan Collins1, Julia Mae Mae Davidson2, Emily Frey3 and Marilee Movius4, (1)Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (2)University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (3)League to Save Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe, United States, (4)League to Save Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe, CA, United States
10:06
Assessment of Microplastic in the Western Irish Sea Gyre: From Surface to Sediment (691090)
Nia Jones, Bangor University, Bangor, LL59, United Kingdom and Simon P Neill, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
10:09
Defining the controls on microplastic settling in river systems to predict areas of ecological risk to microplastic pollution (697224)
Freija Mendrik1, Daniel R Parsons1, Christopher R Hackney2, Catherine Waller2, Robert Michael Dorrell2, Vivien Cumming3 and Grigorios Vasilopoulos2, (1)University of Hull, Energy and Environment Institute, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom, (2)University of Hull, Energy and Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, (3)Science Stories Limited, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
10:12
Dynamics of microplastic particle deposition in porous media (668280)
Navid Bizmark1, Joanna Schneider2, Rodney D. Priestley2 and Sujit Datta2, (1)Princeton University, Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Princeton University, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States
10:15
Estimation of Microplastic Sticking Coefficient and Enthalpy of Bonding Using Atomic Force Microscopy (758597)
Robert M Wheeler, Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States and Steven K Lower, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, United States
10:18
Exposure of Nanoplastics to Freeze-Thaw Leads to Aggregation and Reduced Transport in Model Groundwater Environments (676790)
Olubukola Alimi, Jeffrey Farner and Nathalie Tufenkji, McGill University, Chemical Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada
10:21
Factors controlling the transport and distribution of microplastics in a coastal plain estuary: A modeling study of the Chesapeake Bay (750942)
Alexander Gordon Lopez1, Raymond Najjar2, Michael Hickner3, Denice Heller Wardrop4, Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs5 and Maria Herrmann2, (1)Pennsylvania State University, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, PA, United States, (2)The Pennsylvania State University, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, PA, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States, (4)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, (5)Virginia Inst Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States
10:24
From Shoreline to Seafloor: Investigation into the Distribution of Marine Plastic Debris Around Narragansett Bay of Rhode Island (774246)
Brandon Sheets1, John P Walsh1 and Aaron Shaheen2, (1)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States
10:27
Identification of Macroplastics Subject to Degradation in Lake Tahoe, Nevada (705989)
Julia Mae Mae Davidson, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, Colin West, Clean Up the Lake, South Lake Tahoe, CA, United States, Katie Senft, University of California Davis, Davis, United States, Zoe Harrold, Consultant, Reno, NV, United States and Monica M Arienzo, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
10:30
Discussion
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