Mission:CleanBeaches

A research biologist dedicated to turning #awareness into action. #promisesintopractices on #marinelitter, #plasticspollution and #science issues #mcblifestyle

[Mission:CleanBeaches @MCleanBeaches]

Please share and consider buying a shirt to support our beach clean up surveys, research projects, and educational outreach! Do it for the ocean! Do it for the turtles!  on @Bonfire https://t.co/w1O8VTxrNU

[Dr Richard Kirby @PlanktonPundit]

Shocking plastic microfiber pollution in the sea of Plymouth UK acts like a drift capturing microscopic marine life in my latest plankton sample. @zeiss_micro @devoncon

[Lego Lost At Sea @LegoLostAtSea]

Could this sheet of rubber that washed up yesterday be over 100 years old? It matches some we found a few years ago that had come from a ship thought to have been torpedoed in 1917. #shipwreck

[Imari Walker-Franklin | Microplastics Bae | PhD @dr_imariwalker]

#marinescience is a hugely multidisciplinary field all centered on studying the ONE thing that covers 71% of the earths surface and contains 97% of earths water.

This is through studying physical and biological aspects of the ocean.

#WhatisMarineScience #BlackinMarineScience

[Great Nurdle Hunt @greatnurdler]

Great reuse of old jar jars! The perfect #nurdle viewer to educate and engage!
How do you spread the word about this #plasticpollution problem?

[Lego Lost At Sea @LegoLostAtSea]

We pick up so many lost, forgotten, broken and discarded sand toys from beaches yet the local supermarket is selling them off for 75p a bag.

[Lego Lost At Sea @LegoLostAtSea]

Does anyone know what these are from? We keep finding them. Are they some sort of plastic plant stem? We've been picking them up for years...

[Lego Lost At Sea @LegoLostAtSea]

Amazing how a chance find can transport you back 50 years or so. This is part of a 'Stereoscope Lestrade Simplex viewer' from the 60s that has been lying on the seabed for decades. I had a similar one as a child. The last image shows one currently on Ebay #contemporaryarchaeology

[Lego Lost At Sea @LegoLostAtSea]

Found washed up after winter storms, the giraffe in this montage is thought to be from a 1971 packet of Kellogg's Coco Krispies. Nearly 50 years old. They were also given away with packets of Puffa Puffa rice.
#WorldGiraffeDay
#anthropocene #plasticheritage #plasticarchaeology

[Balloons Blow @BalloonsBlow]

As long as the balloon industry continues to market latex balloons as "biodegradable", people will keep releasing them.
Want to stop balloon pollution? Stop the greenwashing!
@TrentonTBC @QualatexDan @DarcyOhara

[BeachcombingBB @BeachcombingBB]

I recently picked up over 300 of these #BiomediaFilters from a West Cornwall beach others are finding them too - leaking or container spill? @HarveyJon_ @Seasaver @sascampaigns @Cornish_PPC @plasticfreepz @PlasticFreeMz @CleanCornwall @mcsuk

[Mission:CleanBeaches @MCleanBeaches]

It’s officially “lights out” time for sea turtle nesting season here in the states! Keep it clean, flat, and dark for the turtles!

[Mission:CleanBeaches @MCleanBeaches]

Happy sea turtle nesting season! My favorite time of the year! 💙💙💙 Here in Southeast Florida the season actually begins in March with the #Leatherbacks, then April/May for the… https://t.co/DdShFSBAru

[Mission:CleanBeaches @MCleanBeaches]

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[Mission:CleanBeaches @MCleanBeaches]

Great alternative to the styrofoam coolers. During cleanups we often see the styrofoam ones left at the beach breaking into pieces, especially in the summertime.
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[Mission:CleanBeaches @MCleanBeaches]

Come see the Founder of MCB talk turtles and plastics at the Brevard County Barrier Island Center via Friends of the Carr Refuge! https://t.co/wqeMuhPCp7

[Mission:CleanBeaches @MCleanBeaches]

Awesome summer camp opportunity! https://t.co/jX1Wp2SEo4

[Mission:CleanBeaches @MCleanBeaches]

Want to celebrate Earth Day by making the world a little bit cleaner? Order your copy of the ebook- The Big Blue and You! For each book sale MCB vows to clean up one mile of sea turtle nesting beach habitat.

Available for download at Amazon and... https://t.co/BzVEOV0WSO

[Mission:CleanBeaches @MCleanBeaches]

Check out the new children's ebook-- The Big Blue and You by the Founder of MCB! Pre-order your copy today and will be released on Earth Day, April 22nd. For each book sale, Mission:Clean Beaches will vow to collect marine litter from one mile of sea... https://t.co/BzVEOV0WSO

[Mission:CleanBeaches @MCleanBeaches]

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