Abigail P. W. Barrows
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known formicroplastics research
Scientific career
FieldsMarine science
InstitutionsAdventure Scientists

Abigail P. W. Barrows (born 1984) is an American marine research scientist[1] and advocate based in Maine.[2] Barrows directs microplastics research that is used to inform conservation-focused legislation, and she initiated the first baseline data map of microplastic pollution distribution in the waters off the coast of Maine.[3][2]

Early life and education

Barrows grew up in Stonington, Maine, a town on the island of Deer Isle, off the coast of Maine.[2]

Barrows graduated in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in zoology with a focus on marine biology from the University of Tasmania, Australia.[4] After returning to Stonington, Maine, Barrows completed her master's degree in microplastics from the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine in 2018.[5]

Life and career

Barrows studies plastic pollution in global waterways.[6] Barrows' biological studies led her to travel much of the world including Papua New Guinea, the Himalaya, and South and Central America.[7] She later focused her studies on microplastics, having recognized plastic pollution as a global issue.[8][9]

Barrows directed global microplastic pollution research from 2013 to 2017, and consequently published research in collaboration with the Shaw Institute.[10] She has published 12 scientific papers and her work on microplastic prevalence has been cited hundreds of times.[1] Burrows worked with Adventure Scientists, an organization that links researchers with outdoorsmen and women.[11] This collaboration yielded the largest known and most diverse microplastics dataset as of 2019.[12]

Barrows leveraged her research to help pass legislation to reduce plastic consumption.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Abigail Barrows". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  2. 1 2 3 Kevin, Brian (2021-09-19). "In a Maine Fishing Village, a Microplastics Researcher Reenvisions Aquaculture". Down East Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. ↑ Lee, Vivian (2020-05-07). "An Unexpected Dinner Guest: Marine Plastic Pollution Hides a Neurological Toxin in Our Food". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  4. ↑ Carne, Gabriella (2017-02-10). "Abi Barrows - Fighting Plastic Pollution with Citizen Science". scu.edu/ethics/. Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  5. ↑ Ortiz, Victoria. "Oceanic Society Expedition". adventurescientists.org. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  6. ↑ "What should be prioritized to prevent plastic pollution? Science, education or legal policy? – | be Waste Wise". Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  7. ↑ "Marine Scientist Abby Barrows talk: Microplastic Pollution in Aquatic Environments". PenBay Pilot. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  8. ↑ "Abby Barrows - Be Waste Wise". wastewise.be. 2016-05-01. Archived from the original on 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  9. ↑ "Marine environment microfiber contamination: Global patterns and the diversity of microparticle origins". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  10. ↑ "Global Microplastics Initiative". adventurescientists.org. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  11. ↑ "Citizen Adventurers". www.npr.org. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  12. ↑ Difrisco, Emily. "Unseen Plastics In Our Water". www.earthisland.org. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  13. ↑ "Be Waste Wise". wastewise.be. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
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