Thames Manta

Research project of @river_living to get a strategic and seasonal profile of micro plastics in the tidal Thames and Medway.

[Living River Foundation @river_living]

Come and hear our found @scubabel speak at Chatham historic dockyard as part of the monsters of the deep exhibit this month

[Wanda Bodnar @thamesgis]

#WorldRiversDay
Just a snapshot of the crazy amount of plastic in the Thames... @ThamesManta @river_living

[Living River Foundation @river_living]

Our volunteer surveyors were out on the Thames today carrying out @ThamesManta trawling at various sites. Monitoring for microplastics in our waters.

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

Email [email protected] if you are free and ideally have been trained.

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

Thanks to local Rotary club funding we are able to survey for #microplastics on the #medway.

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

We need #volunteer surveyors for #microplastics for 13th Aug from #chatham 🫵

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

And we are home #medway #sunset

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

And off to the #medway with sunset ring behind #snapper

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

Final day on the #thames #microplastic sampling - bit of refresher training first

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

Gravesend ✅ making light work of the sorting! #volunteers

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

All done back at @TownPierPontoon for tomorrow’s site 🙏

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

We have left #london, thank you @hcmoorings

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

Finally a sample at #erith ✅ #microplastics in #calmer waters

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

All done today, thanks to our fantastic volunteers @river_living and those at the piers who have helped make this possible🙏

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

Ready to go 🚦

[Thames Manta @ThamesManta]

Festival ✅ #plastics #microplastics mixed in the plant life #quiet #water 🧐