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Tracking microplastics: Helps researchers discover how microplastics move to improve stormwater management

Nasrin Alamdari, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, poses next to the central pond stormwater culvert at Innovation Park in Tallahassee. Professor Alamdari studies the transport of microplastics from urban environments to water resources via stormwater runoff. Credit: Scott Holstein/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Microplastic pollution is a serious environmental problem that harms animals and…