Name: 🇬🇧 Warning signal from the Dead Sea: Plastic pollution at the deepest hypersaline lake
Start: 2026-05-18T20:00:00
End: 2026-05-18T22:00:00
Location: Safarà

At the Dead Sea—the lowest place on Earth—plastics long hidden along shrinking shorelines are now revealed. Over 20 years, sunlight and arid conditions break macroplastics into thousands of microplastics per kilogram, showing the hidden toll of urban waste.

Scuola Politecnica e delle Scienze di Base - Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II"

Warning signal from the Dead Sea: Plastic pollution at the deepest hypersaline lake

Akos Kalman (UniSannio)

Akos Kalman is a marine geologist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sannio, specializing in sedimentology, paleoclimate, nd environmental pollution. He studied how microplastics and natural sediments record human impacts over time, combining fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and remote sensing. Akos has led projects on plastic accumulation, coastal systems, and archaeological pigment sourcing, bridging geology, ecology, and heritage science.

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Microplastiche? Ci pensano le alghe!