Lunch will be provided; please register to attend below

22 November 2019 (Friday), 1-3 pm, Risk Institute Seminar Room
Institute for Risk and Uncertainty, Chadwick Building (use the south entrance), University of Liverpool

Abstract: The increase in plastics in the oceans is a major area of concern for marine biologists. In an effort to address this problem, the startup firm Ocean Cleanup is already at work collecting plastics from the ocean's surface. However, any such operation is also likely to affect ocean surface organisms. Is the net effect on ocean surface organisms benign or adverse? Matt Spencer will present a model for this effect.  This is a warm-up event for the symposium in December.

More information can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/riskthinkover/home/oceancleanup.

Downloadable files can be found at https://riskinstitute.uk/events/oceancleanup/.

Lunch will be provided.  Please register to attend by submitting your name below or email if you want to receive email relevant notifications.  

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