A citizen science project in Bristol and Bradford to measure airborne microplastics in the home. Funded by UKRI.
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22 Mar 2023
101 Jobs that changed the world #citizenscience
By collecting #microplastics in their 🏡our participants are helping to understand where they come from and what they are made of.
Video by @UKRI_News
🎞️📽️ ukri.org/news-and-events/101…
Helping to change the world 🙏
21 Mar 2023
We now have over 100 #citizenscientists in #Bradford and #Bristol collecting airborne #microplastics in their homes and we starting to analyse the samples returned.
There are only a few more places left, if you want to take part please register soon!
homesunderthemicroscope.co.u…
ALT Person analysing microplastics collected during the citizen science project.
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23 Oct 2023
Five citizen science projects are working with the public to improve research and its impact in society. Here's what's been achieved so far: ukri.org/blog/how-the-public……
@MicroscopeHomes @history_belong @CRT_Bristol @the_young_fdn
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14 Jul 2023
"At the current rate of production, more than 10bn tonnes of mismanaged plastic waste will be dispersed in the natural environment by 2050" 😢
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Homes Under the Microscope retweeted
20 Jun 2023
BREAKING: the White Cliffs of Dover have been illuminated with the UK 'warming stripes' for #ShowYourStripes day!
These stripes represent the UK average temperature from 1884 to 2022 with blue colours for colder years and red colours for hotter years.
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Homes Under the Microscope retweeted
20 Jun 2023
A great keynote by @BurfordBen in session 1 of #PlasticsFuture2023
Fantastic to hear about the @MicroscopeHomes project and the use of citizen science in microplastic research 🔬
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Homes Under the Microscope retweeted
17 Jun 2023
Sharing our @MicroscopeHomes @aqmrcUWE research @UWE_Research on microplastics @FestofNature
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15 Jun 2023
It's #CleanAirDay today and here at @MicroscopeHomes we are counting airborne microfibres sampled by our #citizenscientists.
Microfibres and microplastics from textiles are an important, but poorly understood, type of indoor air pollution.
ALT Image of person examining a petri dish under a microscope.
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30 May 2023
📢 Last call to return samples! 📭
To all our wonderful participants, if you haven't already returned your sample kit to us please do as soon as possible!
We are ready to start counting microfibers...
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Homes Under the Microscope retweeted
4 May 2023
New blog by @KJPringle on the @MicroscopeHomes project. Read more about all the Citizen Science Collaboration Grants @UKRI_News funded projects on the programme partner @icstudiesuk website youngfoundation.org/institut…
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18 Apr 2023
Wow, what an amazing response! Through @MicropscopeHomes 112 people will measure airborne #microplastics in their homes.
This data will build an understanding of how many airborne microplastics there are, what they are made of and how we can reduce them.
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Homes Under the Microscope retweeted
30 Mar 2023
Thank you so much Dr Ben Williams for an inspiring talk about micro plastics in the air at tonight’s Climate Change Primary Education Network mtg. 70,000 particles landing in 1m square every fortnight! Check out @MicroscopeHomes for more info. @UWE_Education 🧵
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30 Mar 2023
📢Registration for @MicroscopeHomes closes on Monday!
Thanks to our #citizenscientists we are building a picture of the scale of the problem of airborne microplastics.
See📽️: ukri.org/news-and-events/101…
Register now for one of the last places: homesunderthemicroscope.co.u…
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21 Mar 2023
We now have over 100 #citizenscientists in #Bradford and #Bristol collecting airborne #microplastics in their homes and we starting to analyse the samples returned.
There are only a few more places left, if you want to take part please register soon!
homesunderthemicroscope.co.u…
ALT Person analysing microplastics collected during the citizen science project.
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15 Mar 2023
@microscopehomes is currently recruiting volunteers in #Bristol and #Bradford to measure airborne #microplastics in their homes.
In the film below one of our pilot #citizenscientists explains why she took part.
Interested? Sign up here: homesunderthemicroscope.co.u…
15 Mar 2023
A short film on @MicroscopeHomes: 🏡🔬
a great @UKRI_News funded #CitizenScience project where researchers and local communities in #Bristol are co-creating research to collect and analyse microplastics in homes to see how to reduce them in the environment
youtu.be/CZR06qRgmmc
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Homes Under the Microscope retweeted
15 Mar 2023
A short film on @MicroscopeHomes: 🏡🔬
a great @UKRI_News funded #CitizenScience project where researchers and local communities in #Bristol are co-creating research to collect and analyse microplastics in homes to see how to reduce them in the environment
youtu.be/CZR06qRgmmc
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Homes Under the Microscope retweeted
13 Mar 2023
Very grateful to @UKRI_News for creating this video of the @MicroscopeHomes co-creative, citizen science, airborne #microplastics research project, as part of their 101 Jobs that Change the World series: youtube.com/watch?v=CZR06qRg…
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10 Mar 2023
While our #citizenscientists are busy collecting airborne #microplastics in their homes we have been studying the samples from the pilot...
We place different coloured sheets under the sample dish to see if the colour affects how many fibres we can see with our #microscope.
ALT 8 different coloured sheets which can be placed under a microscope sample dish to change the background colour.
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2 Mar 2023
Thanks to all the #citizenscientists that have signed up to measure airborne #microplastics in their homes!
Kits like this 👇are starting to go out. Looking forward to seeing what they collect!
Recruiting participants living in #Bristol and #Bradford (homesunderthemicroscope.co.u…)
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Homes Under the Microscope retweeted
13 Feb 2023
Our colleagues @MicroscopeHomes are looking for people in Bradford to take part in the study below
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Register your interest here: homesunderthemicroscope.co.u…
8 Feb 2023
📢Looking for people in #Bradford to take part in a #citizenscience project to measure #microplastics in the #home!
We need your help to better understand what makes airborne microplastics and then how we can work to help reduce them.
homesunderthemicroscope.co.u…
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Homes Under the Microscope retweeted
9 Feb 2023
If you live in this part of the #UK seems like a pretty low-hassle way to contribute data
8 Feb 2023
📢Looking for people in #Bradford to take part in a #citizenscience project to measure #microplastics in the #home!
We need your help to better understand what makes airborne microplastics and then how we can work to help reduce them.
homesunderthemicroscope.co.u…
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