Dr Emily Rowlands

Marine ecologist 🔎plastic/environment interactions in #SouthernOcean #Antarctia @BAS_News. Wolfson College Research Associate @WolfsonCollege @Cambridge_Uni

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

This #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate the incredible women working to solve plastic pollution through science, policy development, community engagement and more. 🙌 We are honoured to learn from and work with you all to protect our planet. 🌎💚🌈 #WomenInSTEM #Gratitude

[British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @BAS_News]

It's still #WorldKrillDay 🦐 So what better time to tell you about plastic pollution affecting these tiny climate heroes?

Our scientists have been hunting for a huge quantity of microplastic...

...and they found it: at every depth, and inside krill.

👉 https://t.co/ysmoJnbEaF

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

We are thrilled to have contributed Raman spectroscopy to this important research led by @EmilyRowlands89, @BAS_News & @UniofExeter.

Find the article on #microplastics verticle flux in the Southern Ocean here: https://t.co/zw8frrmreA

#NewResearch #NewStudy @ExeterMarine

[Dr Emily Rowlands @EmilyRowlands89]

Out latest #microplastics study in the #southernocean looking at vertical plastic fluxes @BAS_News @UniofExeterNews @PlymouthMarine @oceandiagnstics

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

#NewStudy finds #microplastic #flux decreases 69% from 50 m to 150 m in the Southern Ocean: https://t.co/Ef8nR4dp6F

Studying this movement at depth may provide insights into the distribution and fate of #plastics in our oceans.

@EmilyRowlands89 @BAS_News @annaposacka

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

📢#NewPublication: "Vertical flux of microplastic, a case study in the Southern Ocean, South Georgia." This study investigates the vertical sinking of #microplastics (50 - 150 m). Find it on our publications page: https://t.co/fSsvtKJPHK

@EmilyRowlands89 @BAS_News @annaposacka

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

Wildlife has declined an average of 68% since 1970 (@WWF). #Biodiversity loss is a threat, but with #eDNA, researchers can monitor ecosystems, environments and endangered species. Check out our upcoming eDNA devices: https://t.co/8GSPdnOmyV

#BiodiversityDay #BiodiversityDay2023

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

#Krill are key to sustaining ocean food webs but are vulnerable to human-induced stressors. Our partner, @EmilyRowlands89, recently found #nanoplastics and #oceanacidification causes reduced growth in Antarctic krill embryos.

https://t.co/kKi9odZkof

@BAS_News @UniofExeter

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

Our collaborator and @BAS_News and @UniofExeter researcher, @EmilyRowlands89 found that #nanoplastics can add stress to creatures already contending with #oceanacidification: https://t.co/irgXLRgj99

[Natural Environment Research Council @NERCscience]

In the early 2000s, NERC-funded researchers first sounded the alarm on microplastics in our oceans.

Nearly 20 years on, we're still uncovering the extent of microplastic pollution - now confirmed in one of the most important marine food chains on the planet

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

Our collaborator, @EmilyRowlands89 of @BAS_News and @UniofExeter recently found #nanoplastics negatively impacted Antarctic krill embryos when exposed to a #multistressor scenario with both #nanoplastics and #oceanacidification.

Learn more: https://t.co/LV1sTL6EdW

[Dr Emily Rowlands @EmilyRowlands89]

Great to see the wonderful Antarctic flags from our last expedition being returned to pupils that created them #Antarctica #education #outreach

[Pilton College @tweet_pilton]

Isla's flag has reached Antarctica! Dr. Bowden has just received photographic evidence that the flag designed by the Year 7 student has winged its way across the world to the the Singy Research Station. https://t.co/M5CUwd53LJ @UKPolarNetwork @fiona_616 @HattAinsley

[Dr Emily Rowlands @EmilyRowlands89]

Antarctic iceberg A-76A the biggest remaining piece of A76 and largest berg floating in the world's oceans. It's hard to capture the size or beauty but we try @BAS_News @ExeterMarine

[Dr Emily Rowlands @EmilyRowlands89]

Also happy to share our special issue exploring #toxicity of #micro and #nano #plasticpollution in marine environments...

[Dr Emily Rowlands @EmilyRowlands89]

PS.. excited to share our book chapter exploring the issue of plastic in the Southern Ocean

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

#Microplastics from Antarctica, collected aboard @BAS_News were brought to Ocean Diagnostics for analysis. The collaboration led to enhanced Raman spectroscopy polymer identification methods: https://t.co/n5woMkHHxD @UniofExeter

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

#Microplastics from Dr. Rowlands’ @BAS_News survey expedition were brought to Ocean Diagnostics’ lab for analysis. While working alongside the team in Victoria, Dr. Rowlands analyzed #plastics. This knowledge exchange resulted in enhanced Raman techniques: https://t.co/cjxFVpBEMB

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

Many #microplastics in the ocean sink to depths not commonly sampled by researchers. Dr. Emily Rowlands of @BAS_News & @UniofExeter sought to undercover some of this #microplastic mystery in Antarctic waters. Samples were analyzed by Ocean Diagnostics: https://t.co/zK7F5PdVTa

[Ocean Diagnostics @oceandiagnstics]

The fate of ocean #microplastics is largely unknown. Microplastics at different depths may account for missing ocean plastics. @BAS_News researcher finds a higher microplastic flux at 50m & 100m in Antarctic waters. Ocean Diagnostics analyzed the samples: https://t.co/YaEZbd3MN5