Microplastics are among the most insidious pollutants in the world’s seas, travelling invisibly across ecosystems and leaving long-lasting impacts. In his doctoral thesis defended at TalTech, researcher Arun Mishra has drawn a detailed map of how these particles move, concentrate, and persist in the eastern Baltic Sea.
Marine systems
Russia removed TalTech’s smart wave buoy from Estonia’s economic zone – without a single obstacle; the incident raises a pressing question: does Estonia truly have sufficient situational awareness in the Baltic Sea, and the capacity to respond swiftly?