Film & Discussion of the film, "Exxpedition - Making the Unseen Seen," led by Diana Pappoulius
Channel: kcdigitalvideo
Date: 2017-05-16

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“Film & Discussion of the film, "Exxpedition - Making the Unseen Seen," by Diana Pappoulius Ph.D.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Drawing/Illustrations for Titles & Credits:
George Martin, Kansas City, Missouri

In 2014, Callaway County resident Diana Papoulias
joined a unique expedition. An all-woman crew of
scientists, artists, visionaries and sailors boarded a
sailboat for a trip across the Atlantic Ocean. The goal
of the project, called Exxpedition, was to sample the
entire ocean voyage for microplastics suspended in the
water column and quantify the impact our plastic
lifestyle is having on the most remote regions of the
planet – our vast oceans.

Diana was the expedition scientist on the trip, helping
to design sampling protocols. As a fish biologist for
the US Geological Survey Columbia Environmental
Research Center (a position she recently retired from),
she had studies the effects of environmental toxins on
fish  in the Missouri River and other locations. She
discovered a disturbing trend of intersex features in
sturgeon in the Big Muddy and studied the causes of
this (Find out more on this topic by checking out her
Big Muddy Speaker Series talk on this topic). In other
words, she was the perfect crew member for this
expedition.

Diana will show a 45 minute film on the Exxpedition.
She’ll then describe the results of the data they
recovered from the trip, a brief review of other
science being done on the effects of plastic on our
environment and open up the floor for discussion.

Diana Papoulias, PhD, is a retired fish biologist for
the U.S. Geological Survey at the Columbia
Environmental Research Center. She is now involved in
non-profit work in Peru and Ecuador and is a board
member for Missouri River Relief. Directions
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In 2014, Callaway County resident Diana Papoulias
joined a unique expedition. An all-woman crew of
scientists, artists, visionaries and sailors boarded a
sailboat for a trip across the Atlantic Ocean. The goal
of the project, called Exxpedition, was to sample the
entire ocean voyage for microplastics suspended in the
water column and quantify the impact our plastic
lifestyle is having on the most remote regions of the
planet – our vast oceans.

Diana was the expedition scientist on the trip, helping
to design sampling protocols. As a fish biologist for
the US Geological Survey Columbia Environmental
Research Center (a position she recently retired from),
she had studies the effects of environmental toxins on
fish  in the Missouri River and other locations. She
discovered a disturbing trend of intersex features in
sturgeon in the Big Muddy and studied the causes of
this (Find out more on this topic by checking out her
Big Muddy Speaker Series talk on this topic). In other
words, she was the perfect crew member for this
expedition.

Diana will show a 45 minute film on the Exxpedition.
She’ll then describe the results of the data they
recovered from the trip, a brief review of other
science being done on the effects of plastic on our
environment and open up the floor for discussion. Diana
Papoulias

Diana Papoulias, PhD

Diana Papoulias, PhD, is a retired fish biologist for
the U.S. Geological Survey at the Columbia
Environmental Research Center. She is now involved in
non-profit work in Peru and Ecuador and is a board
member for Missouri River Relief. Directions