Show Notes
What impact do microplastics have on marine species? How can scientists identify marine microplastics? And why should we care?
Euronews Tech Talks travelled to the Flanders Marine Institute in Ostend, on the Belgian coast, to answer these and more questions with researchers Ana Catarino, Nelle Meyers and Juliette Grandjean.
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