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Podcast: Finding Genius Podcast
Episode: Effects of Garbage on the Environment and Ecology of Rivers with Timothy Hoellein
Description: Aquatic ecologist Timothy Hoellein studies the impact of trash on aquatic ecology and biodiversity. He tells listeners How he's attempting to measure the movements of different materials in the flow of rivers, What are the variety of ways materials can invade an aquatic ecosystem, and How these studies have and may continue to influence policy by measuring environmental impacts. Timothy Hoellein is an associate professor of biology at Loyola University in Chicago. In this podcast, he focuses on the impact and ecology of solid waste in our streams and rivers and how these findings may...