“My two-month trip on a sailboat in the Atlantic Ocean to hunt down microplastics”

Over two months in theAtlantic Ocean on a sailing boat, hunting for microplastics, that is, particles that undermine the health of the seas. From Cape Canaveral a Genovawith the task of returning a precise mapping of the collected materials. Valentina Polia 31-year-old environmental engineer, is the researcher who will carry out the project of the University of Padua “A sail for the blue: research for oceans and microplastics”, in collaboration with the Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences – Sea Center of the University of Genoa.