Microplastic pollution is a significant environmental problem that harms animals and people and affects ecosystems worldwide.
Microplastic pollution is a significant environmental problem that harms animals and people and affects ecosystems worldwide. These tiny pieces of plastic, smaller than five millimeters, are pushed by wind and water to move around the globe.
Nasrin Alamdari, an assistant professor in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is on a mission to learn more about microplastics and how they move.
In research published in Environmental Pollution, she helped examine how shape, size and density affect the speed at which microplastic particles sink, which affects how widely they are dispersed by stormwater.
Read more at: Florida State University
Nasrin Alamdari, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, poses by a stormwater culvert at Central Pond in Innovation Park in Tallahassee. Alamdari is studying the transport of microplastics from urban environments to water resources via stormwater runoff. (Photo Credit: Scott Holstein/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)
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