{"id":3513315,"date":"2025-05-29T23:49:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T23:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/?page_id=3513315"},"modified":"2025-06-06T22:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T22:36:32","slug":"featured-topic-troubled-waters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/featured-topic-troubled-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubled Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a195d4e2\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div id=\"wrb-featured-hero-block_27508008bfdef744140069742de0d450\" class=\"wrb-featured-hero\">\r\n\t<div class=\"image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gyre_Chris-Jordan_1024w.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Gyre by Chris Jordan, used with permission\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gyre_Chris-Jordan_1024w.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gyre_Chris-Jordan_1024w-275x200.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gyre_Chris-Jordan_1024w-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gyre_Chris-Jordan_1024w-600x437.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"text\">\r\n\t\t<div><p>Microplastic pollution is an issue that\u2019s easy to overlook, but it\u2019s deceptively threatening to both ocean and human health. Microscopic plastic particles are now found in nearly everything on the planet\u2014from the deepest parts of the ocean to inside the cells of living beings.<\/p>\n<p>This collection of new and previously published pieces offers a place to start for addressing this crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<style>\r\n.wrb-featured-hero {\r\n\tdisplay: flex;\r\n\tbackground: #e6f2fa;\r\n\tflex-wrap: wrap;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.wrb-featured-hero .image {\r\n\twidth: 100%;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.wrb-featured-hero .image img {\r\n\tdisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.wrb-featured-hero .text {\r\n\tdisplay: flex;\r\n\twidth: 100%;\r\n\tpadding: 50px;\r\n\talign-items: center;\r\n}\r\n\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\r\n\t.wrb-featured-hero .image {\r\n\t\twidth: 60%;\r\n\t}\r\n\r\n\t.wrb-featured-hero .text {\r\n\t\twidth: 40%;\r\n\t}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a47ab0b9\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3cd5d471\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-06dd3dcf\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-db5cb743\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-db5cb743\">\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-feb2560d gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-05-08\/live-event-troubled-waters-how-microplastics-are-impacting-our-oceans-and-our-health\/\">Troubled Waters: How Microplastics Are Impacting Our Oceans and Our Health<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-87245627\"><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg width=\"28\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 28 28\" fill=\"none\"> <path d=\"M19 4H5C3.89543 4 3 4.89543 3 6V20C3 21.1046 3.89543 22 5 22H19C20.1046 22 21 21.1046 21 20V6C21 4.89543 20.1046 4 19 4Z\" stroke=\"#333\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" fill=\"none\"><\/path> <path d=\"M16 2V6\" stroke=\"#333\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" fill=\"none\"><\/path> <path d=\"M8 2V6\" stroke=\"#333\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" fill=\"none\"><\/path> <path d=\"M3 10H21\" stroke=\"#333\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" fill=\"none\"><\/path> <\/svg><\/span><span class=\"gb-headline-text\"><strong>June 24, 2025 \u2022 10:00am US Pacific<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Join <strong>Dr. Britta Baechler<\/strong> (Ocean Conservancy), <strong>Christy Leavitt<\/strong> (Oceana), <strong>Emily Penn<\/strong> (ocean advocate &amp; skipper), and <strong>Madeline Kaufman<\/strong> (Debris Free Oceans) on an exploration of this topic and what we can do in response.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-8c5d6f76\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-8c5d6f76\">\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-19564f23\"><a href=\"\/stories\/2025-05-08\/live-event-troubled-waters-how-microplastics-are-impacting-our-oceans-and-our-health\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-19564f23 inset-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gyre_Chris-Jordan_550w.jpg\" alt=\"Gyre by Chris Jordan\" title=\"gyre_Chris Jordan_550w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gyre_Chris-Jordan_550w.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gyre_Chris-Jordan_550w-275x200.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-70e07321 gb-button-text res-btn-yellow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-05-08\/live-event-troubled-waters-how-microplastics-are-impacting-our-oceans-and-our-health\/\">FREE REGISTRATION<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-dd534db4\">\n<!-- cache: true --->\t<div id=\"wrb-feed-block_4905016fbe04295dfcdf8129b60db171\" class=\"wrb-feed\" data-cache=\"false\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-06-12\/detergent-pods-are-only-the-start-of-clothings-microplastic-pollution-problem\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/laundry-pods-640x405.webp\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"laundry pods\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-06-12\/detergent-pods-are-only-the-start-of-clothings-microplastic-pollution-problem\/\">Detergent pods are only the start of clothing\u2019s microplastic pollution problem<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/joseph-winters\/\">Joseph Winters<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>Perhaps the most holistic solution would be to regulate and limit the use of plastics for clothing and laundry applications altogether.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">June 12, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-06-11\/all-that-plastic-in-the-ocean-is-a-climate-change-problem-too\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/microplastics-grist-copy-640x405.webp\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"microplastics\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-06-11\/all-that-plastic-in-the-ocean-is-a-climate-change-problem-too\/\">All that plastic in the ocean is a climate change problem, too<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/joseph-winters\/\">Joseph Winters<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/science\/all-that-plastic-in-the-ocean-is-a-climate-change-problem-too\/\">Grist<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>When you think of plastic pollution, you might imagine ocean \u201cgarbage patches\u201d swirling with tens of millions of plastic bottles and shopping bags. But unfolding alongside the \u201cmacroplastic\u201d pollution crisis is another threat caused by much smaller particles: microplastics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">June 11, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-06-10\/a-poison-like-no-other-excerpt\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/soren-funk-xYwmUo4pixA-unsplash-640x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"Plastic pollution on a beach\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-06-10\/a-poison-like-no-other-excerpt\/\">A Poison Like No Other: Excerpt<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/matt-simon\/\">Matt Simon<\/a>, Resilience.org<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>If you were to somehow instantly remove all the particles from ocean waters and sediments, they\u2019d live on by transferring from gut to gut. Everything eats, everything gets eaten, and microplastics go along for the ride.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">June 10, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-06-09\/what-scientists-have-learned-from-20-years-of-microplastics-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/microplastics-fingertups-640x405.webp\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"Microplastics on fingertips\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-06-09\/what-scientists-have-learned-from-20-years-of-microplastics-research\/\">What scientists have learned from 20 years of microplastics research<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/joseph-winters\/\">Joseph Winters<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/science\/20-years-microplastics-research-pollution-health-environment\/\">Grist<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>At the broadest level, Thompson, other scientists, and environmental advocates are supportive of measures to limit overall plastic production and ban the most problematic categories of plastic, both of which would indirectly reduce the generation of microplastics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">June 9, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-06-05\/tiny-terrors-microplastics-threat-to-our-health-and-environment\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/960px-Snap-40-640x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"Microplastics in the ocean\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-06-05\/tiny-terrors-microplastics-threat-to-our-health-and-environment\/\">Tiny Terrors: Microplastics\u2019 Threat to Our Health and Environment<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/mia-difelice\/\">Mia DiFelice<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/kate-schwanhausser\/\">Kate Schwanhausser<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwaterwatch.org\/2023\/07\/06\/lfl-microplastics\/\">Food &#038; Water Watch<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>Plastic is everywhere, and its presence in our lives has grown in the last few decades, as the oil and gas industry ramped up its production to unprecedented levels.\u00a0The resulting plastic pollution crisis has now entered a new phase in the form of microplastics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">June 5, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-05-29\/a-new-study-finds-that-microplastics-are-increasingly-present-in-human-brains\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/21282786668_2ce70ca17c_k-640x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"Microplastics\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-05-29\/a-new-study-finds-that-microplastics-are-increasingly-present-in-human-brains\/\">A new study finds that microplastics are increasingly present in human brains<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/bobby-bascomb\/\">Bobby Bascomb<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/short-article\/2025\/02\/a-dramatic-rise-in-microplastics-found-in-human-brains-study-finds\/\">Mongabay<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>A new study has found a dramatic increase in levels of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) in human brains in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">May 29, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-05-29\/study-reveals-up-to-11-million-tons-of-plastic-polluting-ocean-floors\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/960px-Plastikmull_Im_Meer_150229847-640x405.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"Plastic waste drifting down to the ocean floor.\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-05-29\/study-reveals-up-to-11-million-tons-of-plastic-polluting-ocean-floors\/\">Study Reveals Up to 11 Million Tons of Plastic Polluting Ocean Floors<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/brett-wilkins\/\">Brett Wilkins<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/plastic-in-the-ocean\">Common Dreams<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>The amount of plastic waste littering the Earth&#8217;s ocean floors could be up to 100 times the quantity floating on the surface, according to a\u00a0study published this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">May 29, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-05-29\/microplastic-pollution-is-everywhere-even-in-the-exhaled-breath-of-dolphins-new-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/file-20241001-23-dqcgvr-640x405.avif\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"Testing for plastic in exhaled dolphin breath\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-05-29\/microplastic-pollution-is-everywhere-even-in-the-exhaled-breath-of-dolphins-new-research\/\">Microplastic pollution is everywhere, even in the exhaled breath of dolphins \u2013 new research<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/leslie-hart\/\">Leslie Hart<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/miranda-dziobak\/\">Miranda Dziobak<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/microplastic-pollution-is-everywhere-even-in-the-exhaled-breath-of-dolphins-new-research-237932\">The Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers, according to our new research published in the journal PLOS One.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">May 29, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-05-27\/a-dead-world-plastic-wrapped-to-preserve-freshness\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/RH-Plastics_resilience-feature-640x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"plastic-wrapped world\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-05-27\/a-dead-world-plastic-wrapped-to-preserve-freshness\/\">A Dead World, Plastic-Wrapped to Preserve Freshness<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/richard-heinberg\/\">Richard Heinberg<\/a>, Resilience.org<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>If there are future geologists and archaeologists, they will easily identify strata from our fleeting era by evidence of the rapid growth (and decline) of human numbers and their environmental impact, and by durable materials we have left behind\u2014many of which will be plastics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">May 27, 2025<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2022-03-10\/the-taming-of-the-slough-humanitys-history-of-trying-to-control-water-episode-48-of-crazy-town\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ep48-Image-for-Resilience.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"Episode 48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ep48-Image-for-Resilience.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ep48-Image-for-Resilience-600x395.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ep48-Image-for-Resilience-304x200.jpg 304w, https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ep48-Image-for-Resilience-294x194.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ep48-Image-for-Resilience-384x253.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2022-03-10\/the-taming-of-the-slough-humanitys-history-of-trying-to-control-water-episode-48-of-crazy-town\/\">The Taming of the Slough: Humanity&#8217;s History of Trying to Control Water (Episode 48 of Crazy Town)<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/asher-miller\/\">Asher Miller<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/rob-dietz\/\">Rob Dietz<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/jason-bradford\/\">Jason Bradford<\/a>, Resilience.org<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>What we do with water matters even more in the era of global warming. Can we learn to treat this most precious of resources in a way that achieves sustainability?<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">March 10, 2022<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e08e56d3\">\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-9f5af100 gb-headline-text\"><strong>Call for Submissions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Have you written or recorded something that addresses the many challenges of microplastics? <a href=\"mailto:media@postcarbon.org\">Please send us your submissions<\/a>. If it\u2019s a good fit we\u2019ll include your work in this series.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a759b199\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>Featured image:&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrisjordan.com\/Running-the-Numbers\/3\">Gyre<\/a><em>, by Chris Jordan; the image depicts 2.5 million pieces of plastic collected from the Pacific Ocean. Used with permission of the artist.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call for Submissions Have you written or recorded something that addresses the many challenges of microplastics? Please send us your submissions. If it\u2019s a good fit we\u2019ll include your work in this series. Featured image:&nbsp;Gyre, by Chris Jordan; the image depicts 2.5 million pieces of plastic collected from the Pacific Ocean. Used with permission of &#8230; <a title=\"Troubled Waters\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/featured-topic-troubled-waters\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Troubled Waters\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128248,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3513315","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3513315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3513315"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3513315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3513571,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3513315\/revisions\/3513571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3513315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}