Microplastics in Lake Tahoe: What are They Doing There? What are they Doing? With Madison “Madio” Wallner

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Dec 21 2025 | 00:52:08

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Show Notes

Lake Tahoe is one of California’s natural jewels but it is under siege and increasingly awash in plastic wastes, as visitors carelessly dispose of bottles and packages and discarded items degrade into small pieces washed into the lake. What happens to that stuff? As we have been learning, microplastics are everywhere, in the environment and in our bodies. What are their impacts on people, animals and nature? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Madison “Madio” Wallner, a UCSC PhD student in Environmental Science, who is studying microplastics and tire particles in Tahoe’s bottom sediments.

Episode Transcript

[00:00:01] Speaker A: The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Natural bridges media or KSQD's staff, volunteers or underwriters. [00:00:10] Speaker B: KSQD thanks Sustainable Systems Research foundation for supporting Sustainability Now. SSRF provides education, research and advocacy for regional environmental quality and sustainability related problems and solutions. For information, visit sustainablesystemsfoundation.org and thank you SSRF for supporting community radio K Squid 90.7 FM. [00:00:48] Speaker C: Good planets are hard to find out. Temperate zones and tropic climbs through currents and thriving seas, Winds blowing through breathing trees and strong almost on safe sunshine. Good planets are hard to find. Yeah, good.

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