Glad to be recognized with the "Outstanding #Reviewer #Award 2025" from @ioppublishing.bsky.social! I recognise the efforts made by many and many colleagues, to contribute to the peer-review process and support high-quality science 🙏 #PeerReview #AcademicLife @iopp-environment.bsky.social

🌊Thrilled to share our #Frontiers special issue on #macroplastic fate & impacts in #rivers! 👥With Pierre Girard (@ufmtoficial.bsky.social), @imogennapper.bsky.social (IUCN Kenya), and Sarah-Jeanne Royer (@theoceancleanup.bsky.social) 📄Submissions welcome, here: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

Frontiers | Macroplastic Fate and Impacts in Riverine Ecosystems

Until now, scientific literature has been saturated with studies on microplastics (MP, items smaller than 5 mm), but aspects on macrolitter retention and the...

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Our last paper on #plastics in #riverbanks is out in @elsevierconnect.bsky.social We found that riverbanks showed higher MA density than other compartments, with river embankments causing one-way #macroplastic transport from banks to river. Here the link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Macroplastic in urban waterways: assessing storage in Berlin's Spree River

Over the past decade, awareness of macroplastic (MAP) pollution in rivers as a major contributor to marine litter has increased substantially. However…

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8 million tons of plastic is ripping through the oceans like tornadoes https://www.europesays.com/us/455216/ Microplastics have become a major concern, not just for the climate but also for human health. The pollutant…#us #news #usnews

8 million tons of plastic is ripping through the oceans like tornadoes - United States

Millions of tonnes of microplastics enter the oceans every year. A study has analysed how these particles move through the water. The theory presented by two scientists from Massachusetts shows they are acting differently than other particles thrown in the ocean.

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Our #review is out now! 🎉 💧 We revealed the occurrence, sources, and behavior of #microplastics and #nanoplastics across #urban water systems, assessing effectiveness of physical separation and chemical/biological degradation technologies. Led by @sgundogdu.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

🎉 Glad to share with you our last paper on #plasticentrapment by #waterHyacinth 🌿 We revealed a historical retention of macroplastics in #invasive aquatic vegetation. 🔗 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ecology #academia @scinews.bsky.social @elsevierconnect.bsky.social #research

🎉We're glad to share our latest paper on #microplastics in #bees with you. 🐝What about #pollination hindered by MPs in urban and rural sites? 💥Great collaboration with @abdaltunisik and @Damia_Barcelo Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #research #Academia #AcademicBluesky

Pollination under attack: First insights from Türkiye Plain reveal microplastics in bees from both urban and rural areas

The increasing production and environmental release of plastics have led to the widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in diverse ecosystems. Poll…

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Following 10 days of negotiations, #INC5 talks to develop a global #PlasticsTreaty adjourned on 15 August in Geneva without consensus on a text of the instrument. Negotiations will resume at a future date to be announced: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

"We cannot continue to favor oil industry profits over the health of our children and grandchildren,” said Pamela Miller, IPEN Co-chair.  stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/despite...

Honoured to be an invited #researcher at @INCPoland to visit @maciejliro.bsky.social and his team. 🍃I shared my research lines and my work in @riparianet through my #workshop on #plastic transport and retention in #rivers 🏞️ 🙏🏼Thanks for this unique experience in #Krakow and surroundings!

🎉 Happy to share our last review on #alien #crayfish in transitional and marine waters. 🦐 Procambarus clarkii found in marine waters in central #Italy #sea. ⚠️ #Invasive crayfish may threaten those new invaded habitats. What about this new #invasion pathway?

🎉Glad to work together with @maciejliro.bsky.social on #plastics trapped by woody jams in the Aniene river in central #Italy. 🪾Here we found that #macroplastics retained by woody jams can be higher that accumulation due to other type of #vegetation. #research #academicchatter #rivers

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Together with Luca Gallitelli @riverinelitter.bsky.social, we show that wood jams can retain up to 600× more macroplastic than channel sediments. We introduce the term plastic-wood jam to describe this phenomenon. doi.org/10.1007/s107... #Macroplastics #Hydrobiologia #RiverPollution @ncn.gov.pl

🏞️ #EGU25: Glad to present our last results on #plastic retention by riparian #vegetation across #European #rivers from #Riparianet project. 🙏 I thank all the colleagues to provide many feedback and questions! Keep in touch for collaboration! 🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

Water for the planet 🌎 Water for nature 🐸 Water for people 👪 There can be no life on Earth without clean water. The EU is reviewing rules to improve water quality by reducing pollutants. End goal: #ZeroPollution by 2050. 🔗 europa.eu/!qdGdRM #WorldWaterDay

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Learn what the EU does to protect water resources and ecosystems, and ensure that drinking and bathing water is clean.

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#WorldWaterDay With over 450 scientists, I am standing up for safe and #cleanwater in #Europe. We urge @EU_Commission, @EUCouncil, and @Europarl_EN to address increasing #pollution in EU’s freshwater ecosystems in upcoming negotiations and #WFD.

🔬New research highlights #microplastics in #tadpoles (0.01 MP/ind), adults (1.52 MP/ind), and habitats of three water #frogs of Pelophylax spp. 🏭Interestingly, elevated quantities of MPs were identified in areas with considerable human activity, such as #İstanbul.

💀 #Microplastics are everywhere, but now also in our #skeleton! 📝Recent #research reveals that MPs accumulate in #human intervertebral discs, #bones, and cartilage. ⚕️What about any #health implications? 🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025000674 #humanhealth @who.int

Interesting (sad) new research reveals that nano and #microplastics can be accumulated in #human brains! Authors also found an increased MNP concentrations over time in both liver and #brain samples. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SundayScience @nature.com

Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains - Nature Medicine

Pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry reveals the presence of microplastics and nanoplastics in human kidney, liver and brain tissue samples from 2016 and 2024, with higher proportions found ...

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R.D. Pohl @rdpohl.bsky.social · 2y ago

Spoon in the brain. More insidious than a knife to the heart. Link to article: "Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains" in Nature Medicine is in comments.

Terribly hot. #January2025 was the hottest January on #record since 1940 and likely the hottest January in the last 120,000 years, at 1.745°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline. #Drought, #floods, #foodsupply: what about the consequences of this 1.7°? #climatechange #Science

David A Johnson@infpwriter.bsky.social · 2y ago

January 2025 was the hottest on record (Global monthly temperature anomalies, relative to a 1850 -1900 baseline).

🎉Happy to share with you one of my last #PhD paper - just accepted for publication on @elsevierconnect.bsky.social 🍃We applied the three-dimensional vegetation index (3DVI) to #plasticentrapment by #plants. 🔗Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #macroplastic #paper #research #openaccess

We urgently need a #PlasticTreaty, adding all possible #threats from contaminants to #mitigation actions. How might it be effectively possible? #plasticstreaty #stopplasticpollution #plasticpollution

Andrés Del Castillo #PlasticsTreaty@andresdelcas.bsky.social · 2y ago

Optimism for a global #plasticstreaty READ: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

📏 #Harmonization in #macrolitter and #macroplastic studies is pivotal to comparing results and providing insights to mitigate #plasticpollution. Here, 🏞️ we provided a harmonized protocol for sampling macrolitter in vegetated #riverine #habitats. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Riparian vegetation plastic monitoring: A harmonized protocol for sampling macrolitter in vegetated riverine habitats

Many studies highlighted that rivers transported land-based plastics to the sea. However, most of the litter remains stuck in the fluvial ecosystem, a…

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💧 Water has been my element since I was born. Today, as a researcher in #freshwater #ecology 👨‍🔬, my primay focus is monitoring water health and #plastic pollution 🏭. My main goal is to provide valuable insights on water quality for riverine ecosystems 🚰. #plasticpollution #science #research