ISSUE 1, 2022
Introduction
The Sea Education Association (SEA), based in Woods Hole, MA, USA, offers ocean-studies programs for undergraduate, gap year, and high school students
During June of 2022, SEA Writer emerged as a product of SEA Quest-Woods Hole’s high school online summer seminar, “Plastics and Oceanography,” which focused on analyzing and studying the impact plastic waste has on marine ecosystems through a trilogy of mini courses: “Oceanography,” “Nautical Science,” and “Oceans and Society.” Folded within the pages of SEA Writer are the stories and findings of young environmentalists and authors, who hope to improve our planet one article at a time. Through SEA Writer, scientific publications are re-written to become more digestible; research and data are combined with insight from young writers to produce articles that are engaging as well as informative. In doing this, SEA Writer hopes to spread knowledge about the science world to readers of every age and inspire change in those who are curious enough to read. In this issue of SEA Writer, six articles written by students of “Plastics and Oceanography” provide a sample into the larger global plastic problem, each cont'd >
