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A plastic bag floats over a tropical coral reef creating a hazard to turtles and other marine life

This 12-year-old girl built a robot that can find microplastics in the ocean

Source: Tween Tribune

Empowered to tackle a micro problem on a macro scale, this 12-year-old takes on the Earth’s oceans and the plastic within it.

This entry was posted in Guided by a Cause and tagged People, Science & Nature, Technology on March 1, 2019 by Daniella Navarro.

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