Microplastics in Lake Tahoe: What are They Doing There? What are they Doing? With Madison “Madio” Wallner
About this episode
The episode discusses the presence and impact of microplastics in Lake Tahoe with expert Madison Wallner.
Lake Tahoe is one of California’s natural jewels but it is under siege and increasingly awash in plastic wastes, as visitors carelessly dispose of bottles and packages and discarded items degrade into small pieces washed into the lake. What happens to that stuff? As we have been learning, microplastics are everywhere, in the environment and in our bodies. What are their impacts on people, animals and nature? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Madison “Madio” Wallner, a UCSC PhD student in Environmental Science, who is studying microplastics and tire particles in Tahoe’s bottom sediments.
People in this episode
Host: Ronnie Lipschutz
Guest: Madison “Madio” Wallner
Topics covered
- microplastics
- environment
- Lake Tahoe
- pollution
- impact on health
- sustainability
Keywords
- microplastics
- Lake Tahoe
- environmental science
- pollution
- tire particles
- sediments
- health impacts
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UCSC
Places: Lake Tahoe, California
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