# Christine Figgener
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christine figgener (born October 30, 1983) is a German marine conservation biologist, science communicator, and ocean advocate recognized for her work in sea turtle conservation, the fight against plastic pollution, and the empowerment of women in STEM. She is best known for documenting the removal of a plastic straw from a sea turtle's nose in a YouTube video that went viral in 2015. This video, which was featured in popular media outlets such as National Geographic, HuffPost, The New York Times, ABC News, and CNN, highlighted the dangers of plastic pollution on marine wildlife and was a catalyst for the global anti-straw movement that led to several straw bans by businesses such as Starbucks, Disney, and Alaska Airlines.She was named a Next Generation Leader by Time magazine in 2018 and has been the Director of Science & Education for Footprint Foundation since 2020.
== Early Years ==
Figgener grew up in the small, land-locked town of Marl in West Germany where she attended kindergarten, primary school, and high school.
Christine Figgener - My Life With Sea Turtles
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Christine Figgener, a world-renowned marine biologist, discusses her passion for sea turtles and the importance of their conservation. She shares her journey to Costa Rica and her first impressions of the research station. Christine explains that there are seven extant species of …
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I don’t scuba dive. So I don’t speak from personal experience, but I understand that diving off Costa Rica is really something.
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Turtles and straws 10 years later: Plastic Podcast Cross Over with Dr. Christine Figgener
Plastic straws and sea turtles collide in this episode featuring marine biologist Dr. Christine Figgener, whose viral 2015 video of a straw pulled from a turtle’s nose launched a global anti-plastic movement. We explore the long history of sea turtles, the modern threats they face from plastic pol…
Coronavirus: Labs Go Dark
Life is on pause for many of us right now. But scientists don’t want to stop! Researchers have had to figure out how to keep experiments going and keep lab animals alive — all while keeping themselves safe. To find out how they’re managing it, we talk to evolutionary biologist Dr. Ximena Bernal, p…
Plastics: The Final Straw?
We’re back! This week we tackle the War on Straws and how worried we should be about all the plastic filling our oceans. We speak to marine biologist Christine Figgener, environmental educator Carrie Roble, physiology Prof. John Weinstein, and ecology Prof. David Barnes. Check out the full transcr…
Coronavirus: Labs Go Dark
Life is on pause for many of us right now. But scientists don’t want to stop! Researchers have had to figure out how to keep experiments going and keep lab animals alive — all while keeping themselves safe. To find out how they’re managing it, we talk to evolutionary biologist Dr. Ximena Bernal, p…
Plastics: The Final Straw?
We’re back! This week we tackle the War on Straws and how worried we should be about all the plastic filling our oceans. We speak to marine biologist Christine Figgener, environmental educator Carrie Roble, physiology Prof. John Weinstein, and ecology Prof. David Barnes. Check out the full transcr…
Christine Figgener: Radical Optimism for Sea Turtles
Marine biologist Dr. Christine Figgener has spent nearly 20 years protecting sea turtles in Costa Rica. She’s also behind one of conservation’s most viral moments: the 2015 video of her removing a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nose, which helped kick off a global movement against single-use pl…
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