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Greenpeace Science Unit @GPScienceUnit

Greenpeace Science Unit - Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the University of Exeter

Joined October 2014
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Science Unit’s Dr Melissa Wang (right) takes part in a panel discussion during the United Nations Environment Assembly UNEA 6 meeting in Nairobi
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Collecting liquid nitrogen to cool our infrared microscope to -196 Celsius (almost as cold as the surface of Neptune) so we can identify tiny microplastics in environmental samples
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Another run of air pollution samples on TD tubes to keep ‘Marvin’ busy for the weekend
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using an infrared (FT-IR) imaging microscope to identify microplastic fibres washed from fabric samples
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loading VOC standards onto TD tubes to check calibration in study of air pollution from gas flaring
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To mark UN International Day of #WomenAndGirlsInScience, Dr Ildiko Kriston & Dr Kirsten Thompson introduce their work at the Greenpeace Science Unit
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New research from UChicago highlights how investment in locally led environmental monitoring and data could accelerate improvements in air quality and health for millions.
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12 Dec 2023
New EPIC analysis provides a strategic playbook to entities working on global to local public health and environmental issues, highlighting specific opportunities to improve fine particulate #AirPollution (PM2.5) in key regions around the world. Explore:
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Our team's work on the new Global Plastics Treaty has led to three publications in @ScienceMagazine this month. Congratulations to Mengjiao (Melissa) Wang and her collaborators.
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Plastics treaty text must center ecosystems science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Plastics treaty text must center ecosystems

Plastics pollution is now ubiquitous (1, 2) and affects the environment at all stages of the plastics life cycle. Plastics manufacturing involves thousands of chemicals that can pollute ecosystems....

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Chemical simplification and tracking in plastics science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Chemical simplification and tracking in plastics

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Greenpeace Science Unit retweeted
University of Exeter News@UniofExeterNews
26 Oct 2023
Endangered #whales and #dolphins live year-round in an area of the Mediterranean earmarked for oil and gas exploration, new research shows Full study 👉int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v5… Press release 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of… @UniofExeter @ExeterMarine @GPScienceUnit @Greenpeace

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🚨New Paper🚨"Endangered whales and dolphins live year-round in an area of the Mediterranean earmarked for oil and gas exploration" news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of… The work includes data from our ships, @gp_warrior & @gp_sunrise. Congrats to @seaspray500 and the whole team.

Endangered whales live in area earmarked for gas exploration

Endangered whales and dolphins live year-round in an area of the Mediterranean earmarked for oil and gas exploration, new research shows. Various cetacean species are known to inhabit the Hellenic...

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University of Exeter@UniofExeter
22 Aug 2023
A research team, led by our @GPScienceUnit, have called for a remote part of the Indian Ocean which is a hotspot for 12 species including orcas and sperm whales and spinner, striped and bottlenose dolphins, to be a protected area bit.ly/3QWwJaq @seaspray500 @GreenpeaceUK

Call to protect whales and dolphins at Indian Ocean hotspot

A remote part of the Indian Ocean is a hotspot for whales and dolphins, prompting researchers to call for a new protected area. Scientists surveyed the waters around Saya de Malha, a vast submerged...

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Ghiwa Nakat- غوى النكت
@GNakat
20 Jul 2023
1/3: As the #Nautica (now the #Yemen) arrives for the UN led operation to offload the #FSOSafer we wish the crews safety and success. A long journey, with @GreenpeaceAr & allies @holmakhdar advocating for years to avert what could have been one of the worst catastrophes.
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Kirsten Young@seaspray500
12 May 2023
Fish biogeography in the anthropocene using #eDNA shows genetic diversity is reduced in areas of human exploitation 🐟🐠🐡 Antarctic samples from @ProtectTheOcea1 @GPScienceUnit @gp_sunrise @ExeterMarine @UoEBiosciences @UniofExeterNews onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
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Greenpeace International
@Greenpeace
9 Jul 2023
According to a report just published by @greenpeace_esp and the @GPScienceUnit at the University of Exeter, Spain is heating faster than the global average. A 2ºC temperature rise is predicted over the next 20 years. #ClimateCrisis euronews.com/green/2023/07/0…

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Giulia Carlini@giuliacrln
20 Jun 2023
While the #PlasticTreaty continues to draw major attention, other #Chemicals #Waste #SciencePolicy negotiations will also require substantial inputs from researchers from all disciplines ➡️ Our paper on Major Negotiations: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102… ➡️ pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.10…
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Our OpEd on Deep Sea Mining and the need for collaboration, transparency, and peer review, in deep sea research, was published last week. commondreams.org/opinion/sci…

Science, Corporate Secrets, and the Dangers of Deep Sea Mining | Common Dreams

There can be no commercial confidentiality in the global commons.

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