Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/explore-programme-webinar-1-tickets-109593912342 The Explore Programme is a research programme held by the Marine Science R&D Programme (MSRDP) in conjunction with St John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, which provides funding support for students 17-25 years old to undertake exploratory marine science research at the marine lab. Through the research experience, Explore aims to motivate students …
Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) is one of three research institutes in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). It is strategically located along the shoreline of Sepangar Bay, Kota Kinabalu, providing easy access to the sea and surrounding habitats. The institute conduct marine and aquaculture research and offer postgraduate degree programmes. Undergraduate teaching of two programmes, marine science and aquaculture is conducted on behalf of Faculty of Science and Natural Resource.
Of the 300 over million tonnes of plastics produced each year, less than 10 percent gets recycled. What happens to the rest? Some get sent to landfills where, when left to degrade, can leach harmful chemicals that spread into groundwater. Some are washed out through rivers into the oceans where they break down into microplastics that today is found in everything we eat and drink.
