The bacterial solution to plastic pollution | Morgan Vague | TEDxMtHood
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2024
- Reed College scientific researcher, Morgan Vague, tells us about her and Professor Jay Mellies PhD’s discovery of plastic-eating bacteria that could soon become part of the solution to our global plastic pollution program. Throughout school, Morgan Vague remembers teachers telling her she should avoid math and science, because she wasn’t “smart enough”. After high school, Morgan grew tired of avoiding math and science and enrolled at Houston Community College.
There, she worked through remedial math courses and took the basic science courses she had missed out on. Craving a rigorous academic environment, Morgan applied and was accepted to Reed College, a school with a unique, hands-on approach to science education, and a reputation for letting their students test out scientific ideas and concepts. Once there, a microbiology course taught by Professor Jay Mellies PhD showed her how beautifully applicable biology could be and ignited her passion for science. The independent project curriculum supported by Reed College gave her the space to test out her ideas, and Professor Jay Mellies PhD provided her with lab space, guidance and mentoring to continue her research.
Morgan Vague tells us about plastic-eating bacteria discovered as part of her required, senior thesis at Reed College. Microbiologist Jay Mellies, PhD, Professor of Biology, mentored Morgan on this research. Morgan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology in 2018. Dr. Jay Mellies continues to supervise research at Reed College into bacterial bioaugmentation - using bacteria to aid in the fight against plastic pollution. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Surprising that this technology has been discovered two years ago but how come it's not creating waves in news and social media 😳
This creates hope and tranquility for our future which the media can’t exploit for viewers
One of the biggest problem solution research
Life in Plastic. It's fantastic.
I wish I could fund this research.
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I just watched 2 pointless rap videos with Iggy Azalea, because she was in the news today for her leaked photos. Those videos have over 53 million views!
This video is super important and this discovery could be a massive step forward for cleaning up our messy land and oceans. It has a mere 540 views right now.
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I love her. When is she coming to New Zealand? Can we just make her a citizen?
Someone make this woman president
Waiting for that Industrial level UV chamber.
How did I only find out about you only now???
Wow. There are problem solvers and problem givers in this world and the problem givers get all the feckin' attention. Thankfully where there's a will there's a way. And problem solvers don't need the limelight.
Joanne Thomson - Do you call this medium “Limelight.” People that do good for the planet, real problem solvers, should be celebrated and their knowledge put out there for others to become aware. The limelight is filled with bu(($#!+ like mindless actors musicians, and athletes.
Who's bacteria is it again? I didn't quite catch that.
nature's
LOL
There is a fungus that is native to certain areas in south america that does live on plastic and digests it completely.
Can you find and post this information?
@@ferrygirl100 I will certainly locate it. May take a few days. Спасибо.
I do know that the article is a couple of years old. I am still looking for other data. Looks like most of the data that I have found is from 2014-2017. I believe that even the Smithsonian has hosted an article or two about it.
What are the end products when these bacteria eat plastic? Isn't it better to simply burn the plastic and recover the energy of it? If the end products of the digestion are H2O and CO2 haven't we only wasted the energy to bacteria, I wonder.
CO2 and sunlight is fuel for plants, and plants also need water - so the end products can be used to fuel greenhouses which already today are pumping in CO2 and water to increase plant growth.
Waste to energy schemes are actually incredibly wasteful Only about 20% of the energy available gets converted into usable form, 80% of it goes to waste.
That's cool,
but,
can we consider that plastic problem is done? or not?