Australian Earth Science Education

  It’s that time of year again where Plastic Free July challenges us to consider reducing our use of plastics. Read our blog from 2021  for background information and some great ideas on how to reduce plastic use. Our blog Plastic Free July - Part 1 - WaterBottle Challenge  has a water bottle challenge that you could do with your class. Microplastics Microplastics are small plastic pieces less than five millimetres long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life. Unfortunately, they are now found in every environment on Earth. They have been incorporated in sediments to form sedimentary rocks. They have made their way into aquifers, soils and via the atmosphere to Antarctica where they have been found in ice cores. Since 2021 the problem of microplastics in the environment and in health has become more prominent in the media. New studies are now regularly published of microplastics that have been found in the body, organs, tissue and fluid.   AUSMAP (Australian Micro