Jenni Brandon
Marine Biologist
Playlists
All Videos (24)
- What I Do
- Studying the Northern Pacific Garbage Patch
- Problems From Small Plastic
- Problems From Large Plastic
- Research Projects At Sea
- Great Part
- Life At Sea on a Research Vessel
- Getting to Create Your Own Experiments
- Why Marine Biology
- Challenges
- Education
- Why Duke University
- Favorites
- Goals
- Helpful Teachers
- Heroes
- Skills To Develop
- Reducing Your Plastic Footprint
- Organizations For Beach Clean Ups
- Family Support
- Staying Motivated
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Did It Anyway
- Advice
Bio
Watch Jenni Brandon, biological oceanography graduate student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego share how she studies plastic pollution in an area of the ocean north of Hawaii called the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. She encourages girls to get excited about marine biology not just because it's a fascinating field, but because their fresh energy and creative problem solving skills will be needed to solve some of the ocean's biggest problems. Look for tips on reducing your plastic footprint, and find out what it's like to live aboard a research vessel.
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