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Microplastics in Soils | The Shrinking Caspian Sea

Nick Krekelbergh is a teaching assistant and PhD student at Ghent University. Nick's research focusses on the dynamics of microplastics in soils from a pedological perspective. Nick is also an active member at the Knowledge centre Viae Caspiae of Eureast Platform   / nickkrekelbergh   Nick on X: https://x.com/nickkrekelbergh?lang=en ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... 🔗 Study Sources Mentioned in the Episode: Knowledge Centre Viae Caspiae: https://www.ugent.be/eureastplatform/... Nick’s research: Soil formation and microplastics (EarthArxiv preprint): https://eartharxiv.org/repository/vie... ScienceDirect article on microplastics in soils: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... External sources: Microplastics short explainer (YouTube)    • Microplastics Are in Our Brains. Here’s Wh...   NASA Earth Observatory https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ Nature article on microplastics https://www.nature.com/articles/s4324... ResearchGate – Caspian Sea chronology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/e... ⏱️ Timeline: 00:00 – Intro 00:32 – Microplastics 101 14:49 – Microplastics as a soil-forming factor in the 21st century 21:54 – Challenges of measuring microplastics: is there a standardized method? 24:39 – Research & policy priority highlights (OVAM report) – Why Belgium may lead 26:01 – Current research highlights: Raman vs fluorescence 35:02 – Lab tour 47:57 – What is the ‘Knowledge Centre Viae Caspiae’? 51:06 – Shrinking Caspian Sea & historical repetition (Aral Sea parallels) 57:27 – Why EU and Central Asia matter to each other 1:00:00 – Essential skills for incoming academics 1:01:54 – Advice for PhDs