Researching the distribution and properties of #microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea. mastodon.social/@liam_dh

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28 Jul 2023

📢New Publication! "The dark side of artificial greening: Plastic turfs as widespread pollutants of aquatic environments"🌿 We have found that artificial turf fibers account for up to 15% of the meso- and macroplastics in rivers and sea surface waters! doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.202…
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The #surfingforscience 🌊🔬project winner of the #Society4Med Citizen Science award 🏆 Thanks @bluemissionmed for this recognition, it is really appreciated! ☺️
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📢 Vols fer una tesi doctoral sobre microplàstics als oceans? Vols investigar en un marc de ciència oberta, ciència ciutadana, i gestió de dades (tenim >100.000 microplàstics caracteritzats!)? Es busca candidat per demanar una FI 2025. El termini acaba el 31/10! ✍ Escriu-me!!
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19 Sep 2024
Microplastic pollution is an environmental and public health crisis, with little action being taken. A new @ScienceMagazine review by @ProfRThompson and colleagues is outstanding science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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14 Aug 2024
🖥️Join ACAT and @CHE_healthenv on September 18, for a webinar about artificial turf's contribution to global plastic pollution, other health & environmental impacts of artificial turf, and the implications for communities.  ➡️Register now! akaction.org/webinars/15868-…
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Tren amb destinació Reus que surt a les 18:30 de Barcelona. Ja fa més de 10 minuts que hauríem de ser a Reus i encara estem a Cunit. A sobre, estan fent que el tren faci totes les parades d’un rodalies des de Vilanova. El tren va a rebentar, no hi cap ni una agulla 😠🔥 @rodalies
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12 Jul 2024
🚀 Exciting news! We've just uploaded brand new data to our #ShinyApp, including a comprehensive dataset on nearshore #microplastic pollution from the #surfingforscience project. Check it out 👉 litter.shinyapps.io/surfingf…

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🔍 Visor de dades de microplàstics flotant a l'Atlàntic i al Mediterrani actualitzat!! >100,000 #microplastics classificats per localitat, data, mida, forma, color, composició... #surfingforscience 🏄‍♀️🔬📊 🔗 litter.shinyapps.io/surfingf…
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25 Jun 2024
Two years ago we detected faecal bacteria attached to plastics in coastal water from Barcelona area. Detection of faecal bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in biofil... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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📢 It's been 15 years already! 🌊 Mooring CC1000 with a sediment trap, a currentmeter, an ACDP and a microcat successfully recovered from the Cap de Creus canyon! @TechnicapRattiF @NortekNews @IXSEA @TeledyneMarine @SeaBird_Sci
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31 May 2024
Replying to @leroymerlin_es
@leroymerlin_es (& co) anunciar que la gespa artificial és un producte apte per a nens/es té barra, especialment si esteu al cas de que conté substàncies cancerígenes (e.g. PFAS), contamina mars i rius, contribueix illes de calor, etc. 👇
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31 May 2024
Contribució a les illes de calor urbanes: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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31 May 2024
Afectacions a la biodiversitat urbana (aus): cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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