Ethan Edson

This sensor won’t save the whale with 88 pounds of plastic in its stomach. But it might help the rest of us.

Despite the potential hazards to everyone on the food chain—including us—scientists have a limited knowledge about the distribution of microplastics in the ocean. Northeastern researcher…
- by Laura Castañón March 19, 2019
Student designs sensor for ocean microplastic research

More than 250 metric tons of microplastic are estimated to be floating in the world’s oceans, threatening marine life. Ethan Edson's prototype is designed to…
- by Joe O'Connell June 9, 2015

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