Volunteers clean up Chicago River as biologists examine effect of trash on wildlife. May 2019. ABC 7 News Chicago. https://abc7chicago.com/science/volunteers-clean-up-chicago-river-as-biologists-examine-effect-of-trash-on-wildlife/5295979/
Microplastic Polluting Rivers and Seas Across the Globe, Says New Research. March 2019. Fortune. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microplastic-polluting-rivers-seas-across-122447629.html
Microplastic found in key water source. Jan 2019. Weather.com. A description of our publication about microplastic in karst water in western Illinois. https://weather.com/science/environment/video/microplastics-found-in-key-water-source-study-finds.
Tiny bits of plastic permeate our world. Sept. 2018. High Country News. Interview for story on our research on microplastic in Gallatin River watershed, Montana. https://www.hcn.org/articles/pollution-tiny-bits-of-plastic-permeate-our-world
Let’s hear it for Memorial Day…Oh, but the litter. May 2018. Chicago Tribune. Interview for story on ecology of plastic litter. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-littering-pyschology-20180524-story.html
Microplastic pollution researchers recruit a team of student scientists. May 2018. Illinois Indiana Sea Grant newsletter.
http://www.iiseagrant.org/newsroom/microplastic-pollution-researchers-recruit-a-team-of-student-scientists/
Microfibers are in the food web in three Lake Michigan rivers. March 2018. Illinois Indiana Sea Grant newsletter. http://www.iiseagrant.org/newsroom/microfibers-are-in-the-food-web-in-three-lake-michigan-rivers/#comment-201
This New York river dumps millions of fabric microfibers into the ocean daily. August 2017. PBS News Hour. Interview article on microplastic research. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/new-york-river-dumps-millions-fabric-microfibers-ocean-daily/
Microplastic could pose big treatment challenges. August 2017. Minnesota Public Radio. Interview for radio story on
microplastic research. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/08/15/microplastics-could-pose-big-treatment-challenges
Are you eating your fleece? May 2017. ABC Channel 7 News Chicago. Interview and field work visit on microplastic research
http://abc7chicago.com/news/are-you-eating-your-fleece/1969996/
Our Plastics Glut Is An Environmental Nightmare -- And An $80 Billion Opportunity. April 2017. Forbes. Interview regarding microplastic in Great Lakes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemontgomery/2017/03/25/our-plastics-glut-is-an-environmental-nightmare-and-an-80-billion-opportunity/#3100ff9f4f4d
Plastic litter on Great Lakes beaches. February 2017. Great Lakes Echo. http://greatlakesecho.org/2017/02/13/plastic-litter-on-great-lakes-beaches/
Cigarette Butts, Food Waste Account For Almost All Chicago Beach Trash. December 2016. Chicagoist. http://chicagoist.com/2016/12/27/cigarette_butts_food_waste_chicago.php
Cigarette butts make up nearly half of trash at Chicago beaches, study shows. December 2016. Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-lake-michigan-beaches-trash-met-20161227-story.html
Study Reveals What Liters Chicago’s Shores. December 2016. Loyola Phoenix. http://loyolaphoenix.com/2016/12/study-reveals-litters-chicagos-shores/
Gross! Analysis of Chicago beach garbage shows butts, needles, condoms. November 2016. DNA Info Chicago. https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161121/gold-coast/chicago-beach-garbage-needles-condoms-cigarette-butts
Up-Close: Tim Hoellein. November 2016. Illinois/Indiana Sea Grant. https://issuu.com/iiseagrant/docs/upclose_hoellein_e-version
Scientist Spotlight. October 2016. Center for Great Lakes Literacy. http://www.cgll.org/scientistspotlight/tim-hoellein/
Microplastics may help pathogens escape wastewater treatment. February 2016. Illinois Water (magazine). http://www.ilwaterresources.org/illinois-water-magazine/microplastics-may-help-pathogens-escape-wastewater-treatment/
Volunteer Data Drives Research on Plastic, Other Debris. Summer 2015. Alliance for the Great Lakes Stewardship Issue. http://www.greatlakes.org/document.doc?id=1526
Microbeads Ban Clears House Committee. Indiana Public Media. January 29, 2015. Coverage of testimony to Indiana State House committee on proposed ban of microbeads. http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/microbeads-ban-clears-house-committee-77487/
Tiny microbeads pile up to problems for the Great Lakes. PBS News Hour. July 30, 2014.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/tiny-plastic-microbeads-pile-problems-great-lakes/
No more microbeads. Chicago Tonight. July 24, 2014. Interviewed regarding research on microplastic in Chicago area rivers. http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2014/07/21/no-more-microbeads
Tiny pieces of plastic polluting Lake Michigan, worrying researchers. TV news story by Annie Chung, CBS affiliate in South Bend, IN. June 6, 2014. Featured our research on microplastic. http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/tiny-pieces-of-plastic-polluting-lake-michigan-worrying-researchers/26359864
Little things matter in Great Lakes beach, water pollution. Newspaper article by Jim Hayden. Holland Sentinel. May 19, 2014. Featured our research on Lake Michigan beaches with collaborators at The Alliance for the Great Lakes. http://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20140519/NEWS/140519764
Cleansing microbeads are everywhere – including our lake and river. Newspaper article by Brigit Sweeny. Crain’s Chicago Business. February 24, 2014. Featured our research on microplastic in the Chicago River.http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140222/ISSUE01/302229985/cleansing-microbeads-are-everywhere-including-our-lake-and-river
Talking Trash. Featuring research on ecosystem effects of litter in Chicago River. Loyola magazine. Winter 2014.
Photo gallery: Oysters in an eastern estuary. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 2014. Volume 95 (1): 82-84.
Chicago River Trash Teeming with Life. Newspaper article by Abby Olena. Featured our research on anthropogenic litter abundance and ecosystem effects in rivers. Chicago Tribune. August 4, 2013. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-04/news/ct-met-chicago-river-trash-20130804_1_chicago-river-garbage-problem-trash
Shellshocked: Saving Oysters to Save Ourselves. Documentary film by Emily Driscoll. 2012. Featured our research on oyster influences for nitrogen cycling in Jamaica Bay, NYC. http://www.shellshockedmovie.com/
Microplastic Polluting Rivers and Seas Across the Globe, Says New Research. March 2019. Fortune. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microplastic-polluting-rivers-seas-across-122447629.html
Microplastic found in key water source. Jan 2019. Weather.com. A description of our publication about microplastic in karst water in western Illinois. https://weather.com/science/environment/video/microplastics-found-in-key-water-source-study-finds.
Tiny bits of plastic permeate our world. Sept. 2018. High Country News. Interview for story on our research on microplastic in Gallatin River watershed, Montana. https://www.hcn.org/articles/pollution-tiny-bits-of-plastic-permeate-our-world
Let’s hear it for Memorial Day…Oh, but the litter. May 2018. Chicago Tribune. Interview for story on ecology of plastic litter. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-littering-pyschology-20180524-story.html
Microplastic pollution researchers recruit a team of student scientists. May 2018. Illinois Indiana Sea Grant newsletter.
http://www.iiseagrant.org/newsroom/microplastic-pollution-researchers-recruit-a-team-of-student-scientists/
Microfibers are in the food web in three Lake Michigan rivers. March 2018. Illinois Indiana Sea Grant newsletter. http://www.iiseagrant.org/newsroom/microfibers-are-in-the-food-web-in-three-lake-michigan-rivers/#comment-201
This New York river dumps millions of fabric microfibers into the ocean daily. August 2017. PBS News Hour. Interview article on microplastic research. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/new-york-river-dumps-millions-fabric-microfibers-ocean-daily/
Microplastic could pose big treatment challenges. August 2017. Minnesota Public Radio. Interview for radio story on
microplastic research. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/08/15/microplastics-could-pose-big-treatment-challenges
Are you eating your fleece? May 2017. ABC Channel 7 News Chicago. Interview and field work visit on microplastic research
http://abc7chicago.com/news/are-you-eating-your-fleece/1969996/
Our Plastics Glut Is An Environmental Nightmare -- And An $80 Billion Opportunity. April 2017. Forbes. Interview regarding microplastic in Great Lakes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemontgomery/2017/03/25/our-plastics-glut-is-an-environmental-nightmare-and-an-80-billion-opportunity/#3100ff9f4f4d
Plastic litter on Great Lakes beaches. February 2017. Great Lakes Echo. http://greatlakesecho.org/2017/02/13/plastic-litter-on-great-lakes-beaches/
Cigarette Butts, Food Waste Account For Almost All Chicago Beach Trash. December 2016. Chicagoist. http://chicagoist.com/2016/12/27/cigarette_butts_food_waste_chicago.php
Cigarette butts make up nearly half of trash at Chicago beaches, study shows. December 2016. Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-lake-michigan-beaches-trash-met-20161227-story.html
Study Reveals What Liters Chicago’s Shores. December 2016. Loyola Phoenix. http://loyolaphoenix.com/2016/12/study-reveals-litters-chicagos-shores/
Gross! Analysis of Chicago beach garbage shows butts, needles, condoms. November 2016. DNA Info Chicago. https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161121/gold-coast/chicago-beach-garbage-needles-condoms-cigarette-butts
Up-Close: Tim Hoellein. November 2016. Illinois/Indiana Sea Grant. https://issuu.com/iiseagrant/docs/upclose_hoellein_e-version
Scientist Spotlight. October 2016. Center for Great Lakes Literacy. http://www.cgll.org/scientistspotlight/tim-hoellein/
Microplastics may help pathogens escape wastewater treatment. February 2016. Illinois Water (magazine). http://www.ilwaterresources.org/illinois-water-magazine/microplastics-may-help-pathogens-escape-wastewater-treatment/
Volunteer Data Drives Research on Plastic, Other Debris. Summer 2015. Alliance for the Great Lakes Stewardship Issue. http://www.greatlakes.org/document.doc?id=1526
Microbeads Ban Clears House Committee. Indiana Public Media. January 29, 2015. Coverage of testimony to Indiana State House committee on proposed ban of microbeads. http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/microbeads-ban-clears-house-committee-77487/
Tiny microbeads pile up to problems for the Great Lakes. PBS News Hour. July 30, 2014.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/tiny-plastic-microbeads-pile-problems-great-lakes/
No more microbeads. Chicago Tonight. July 24, 2014. Interviewed regarding research on microplastic in Chicago area rivers. http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2014/07/21/no-more-microbeads
Tiny pieces of plastic polluting Lake Michigan, worrying researchers. TV news story by Annie Chung, CBS affiliate in South Bend, IN. June 6, 2014. Featured our research on microplastic. http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/tiny-pieces-of-plastic-polluting-lake-michigan-worrying-researchers/26359864
Little things matter in Great Lakes beach, water pollution. Newspaper article by Jim Hayden. Holland Sentinel. May 19, 2014. Featured our research on Lake Michigan beaches with collaborators at The Alliance for the Great Lakes. http://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20140519/NEWS/140519764
Cleansing microbeads are everywhere – including our lake and river. Newspaper article by Brigit Sweeny. Crain’s Chicago Business. February 24, 2014. Featured our research on microplastic in the Chicago River.http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140222/ISSUE01/302229985/cleansing-microbeads-are-everywhere-including-our-lake-and-river
Talking Trash. Featuring research on ecosystem effects of litter in Chicago River. Loyola magazine. Winter 2014.
Photo gallery: Oysters in an eastern estuary. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 2014. Volume 95 (1): 82-84.
Chicago River Trash Teeming with Life. Newspaper article by Abby Olena. Featured our research on anthropogenic litter abundance and ecosystem effects in rivers. Chicago Tribune. August 4, 2013. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-04/news/ct-met-chicago-river-trash-20130804_1_chicago-river-garbage-problem-trash
Shellshocked: Saving Oysters to Save Ourselves. Documentary film by Emily Driscoll. 2012. Featured our research on oyster influences for nitrogen cycling in Jamaica Bay, NYC. http://www.shellshockedmovie.com/