May 9 2022

May 9 2022 written: 9:12

Today I arrived at the library at 9:00 am and worked on my paper. My paper is about plastics. Which as you may or may not know are a huge issue for our planet in the way that they are made, what they release, and how it is contributing to global warming. Humans know that plastics are then manufactured with chemicals and form new compounds. My interest was how plastics find their way into our oceans, and following what the compounds do once in the environment. The following material covers some of the ways plastics find their way into earth's ecosystems and how they break down. It also covers individual ways in which some endocrine disruptors affect/affect organisms. 

Then later in the night Shirly and I worked on a video for my presentation. I came up with ideas and hope to start filming soon.

Total hours today: 6h 30 mins

Total hours:  6h 30 mins


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