Biofouling, the Underwater Battle of Science and Nature

Join Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL) next Community Science and Technology Seminar presented by George Bonheyo.

Biofouling is the unwanted accumulation of living organisms and organic matter on a wet surface, such as a boat hull or drainpipe. Scientists at PNNL are working to solve the “five C’s” of biofouling: Costs, carbon, corrosion, continuity, and critters. Biofouling increases fuel and maintenance costs, increases carbon emissions, accelerates corrosion, stops equipment from working, and transports invasive or disease-causing species. One outcome of PNNL research is the invention of a non-toxic coating, called SLIC, that prevents organisms from attaching to surfaces.

Please register in advance here: https://pnnl.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_XFiKMQftSLiMBQFkJS57hg