MARION – Last Wednesday, the Marion Natural History Museum hosted Chris Reddy, senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who specializes in marine pollution and petroleum geochemistry.

Chris became interested in plastics in 2008 when he worked with Dr. Law at Sea Education Association to study the distribution and chemical composition of plastic in the North Atlantic Ocean.

This presentation will be available soon on VIMEO through ORCTV and the museum’s website.

Among many other topics Chris discussed how certain plastics breakdown in the ocean environment and the plastic “island” in the area of the Bermuda Triangle. T

he museum wishes to thank Chris Reddy for his enlightening presentation.