Episode Description: In this episode of Plastic Podcast, host Clark Marchese talks to Abby Barrows, a marine researcher and microplastics expert who spearheaded a global project to quantify microplastic concentrations in water systems all over the world. The conversation flows through Abby’s scientific interests, definitions of microplastics and what we know about their harms, how the database project was conducted and what we learn from it, and the important contributions of citizen science.  Episode Guest: Abby Barrows More information on Abby’s Website Browse publications on ResearchGate More information about Adventure Scientists More information about the episode and the Plastic Podcast Episode Transcript  and more information on the Pine Forest Media Website Follow Pine Forest Media on Instagram @pineforestmedia Hosted, produced, written, and edited by Clark Marchese  Cover art and PFM logo by Laurel Wong.  Theme music by Tadeo Cabellos  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.