{"id":2353,"date":"2025-08-14T13:43:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theturtlemanfoundation.org\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:50:46","slug":"biologo-marino-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theturtlemanfoundation.org\/es\/news\/biologo-marino-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"What are microplastics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2353\" class=\"elementor elementor-2353\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40c165f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"40c165f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6a721e\" data-id=\"f6a721e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56dbe02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56dbe02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microplastics are tiny plastic particles\u2014less than 5 mm in size\u2014that pollute our oceans. They come from the breakdown of larger plastic items like bags, bottles, or fishing gear.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0On our beaches, they pose a serious threat to sea turtles, which often mistake them for food\u2014leading to health issues or even death.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0In this video, together with our partners at @academiaoceano, we show how we sample and classify microplastics along the shore.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We collect, sort, and analyze these materials with the help of passionate youth volunteers!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The data we gather supports environmental education, scientific research, and conservation efforts\u2014helping protect the hatchlings born on these very beaches.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Turtleman Foundation is giving a donation to \u201cAcademia del Oc\u00e9ano\u201d to support the \u201cKit de Identificaci\u00f3n y Monitoreo de Tortugas marinas\u201d (Sea Turtle Identification and Monitoring Kit) project Funding will support a manual writing and publication, artisanal kit for identifying and monitoring sea turtles, and tools and educational materials for workshops . 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